S 2802 · 107th Congress · Taxation

Military Families Tax Fairness Act

Introduced 2002-07-26· Sponsored by Sen. Cleland, Max [D-GA]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.(2002-07-26)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Military Families Tax Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude education loan repayments made by the Federal government for a member of the Armed Forces from gross income; (2) allow as a business or trade deduction the expenses of a member of the reserve component of the U.S. armed forces in connection with such service (available to itemizers and non-itemizers); (3) allow a reserve component employment credit equal to 50 percent of the amount of qualified compensation, including those who are self-employed; (4) permit a suspension of residency rules governing the exclusion of gain from sale of a principal residence for members of the uniformed services, the Foreign Service, or civilian employee of the Department of Defense serving on qualified official extended duty; and (5) exclude qualified military base realignment and closure fringe benefits from gross income.…

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