H.R.477 - Back to Work Extension Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exemption from employer Social Security taxes with respect to previously unemployed individuals, and to extend the credit for the retention of such individuals. view all titles (3)

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  • Short: Back to Work Extension Act of 2011 as introduced.
  • Popular: Back to Work Extension Act as introduced.
  • Official: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exemption from employer Social Security taxes with respect to previously unemployed individuals, and to extend the credit for the retention of such individuals. as introduced.

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Extends a provision of the HIRE Act that exempts small businesses from paying the employer portion of the Social Security payroll tax for one year. The program would be extended until December 31, 2011. It expired on December 31, 2010.
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1/26/2011--Introduced.Back to Work Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for one year the exemption from employment and railroad retirement taxes for employers who hire certain unemployed individuals prior to January 1, 2012 (currently, January 1, 2011). Approp

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1/26/2011--Introduced.Back to Work Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for one year the exemption from employment and railroad retirement taxes for employers who hire certain unemployed individuals prior to January 1, 2012 (currently, January 1, 2011). Appropriates to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund under title II of the Social Security Act amounts necessary to cover any reduction in revenues resulting from the tax exemptions provided by this Act.

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09/07/11
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