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Improving Child Care for Working Families Act of 2025
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation of the exclusion for dependent care assistance programs.
Summary
This bill increases the annual limit for the dependent care assistance program exclusion from the federal tax code from $7,500 to $10,500 for individual taxpayers, with the limit for married taxpayers filing separately increasing proportionally. The increase applies to amounts paid or incurred in calendar years after the bill is enacted. Dependent care assistance programs allow employees to use pre-tax income to pay for childcare and other dependent care expenses.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA)
7 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Sep 23, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Sep 23, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 23, 2025
Ms. Schrier (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Thanedar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation of the exclusion for dependent care assistance programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Improving Child Care for Working Families Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN LIMITATION OF EXCLUSION FOR DEPENDENT CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.—Section 129(a)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “$7,500 ($3,750” and inserting “$10,500 (half such dollar amount”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred in calendar years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>
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