Married Couples Tax Relief. This bill (H.R. 4019) would permanently extend breaks for married couples included in last year’s $1.35 trillion, 10-year tax cut law. It would make permanent an increase in married couples’ standard deduction, and increase their income taxable at the 15 percent rate to double that of individuals. Unless the Congress passes and the president signs this bill, this tax relief for married couples will end after 2010.
The House passed H.R. 4019 on June 13, 2002 by a vote of 271 to 142 (Roll Call 229). We have assigned pluses to the yeas.
