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H.R. 570: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the child tax credit with respect to stillbirths.

United States · 119 · In committee

Introduced January 21, 2025

Latest action, January 21, 2025: Introduced in House

Official summary

This bill expands the definition of a qualifying child to include a stillborn child for purposes of the child tax credit. (Under current law, taxpayers may claim a tax credit of up $2,000 for each qualifying child.) Under the bill, a stillborn child is an unborn child (1) carried in the womb for a gestational period of 20 weeks or more, and (2) delivered after the spontaneous intrauterine fetal demise of the child.

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