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Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] · D–NC
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-09-17 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed American Tariff Rebate Act would provide eligible people a 2026 tax credit of up to $2,000, or $4,000 for joint filers, plus $600 per dependent, with payments shrinking above specified income levels. It would allow advance payments based on earlier tax information. It also proposes removing an existing income-tax rate subsection, lowering a statutory estate-and-gift-tax exemption amount from $15 million to $10 million, and canceling $91.55 billion in unobligated border infrastructure and detention funding. These are proposed changes; the supplied record does not establish enactment.
This Act may be cited as the American Tariff Rebate Act.
In the case of an eligible individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by subtitle A for the first taxable year beginning in 2026 an amount equal to the sum of— (1) $2,000 ($4,000 in the case of a joint return), plus (2) an amount equal to the product of $600 multiplied by the number of dependents of the taxpayer for such taxable year.
The amount of the credit allowed by subsection (a) (determined without regard to this subsection and subsection (e)) shall be reduced (but not below zero)
each individual who was an eligible individual for such individual’s first taxable year beginning in 2025 shall be treated as having made a payment against the tax imposed by chapter 1 for such taxable year in an amount equal to the advance refund amount for such taxable year.
Section 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (j).
Section 2010(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking $15,000,000 and inserting $10,000,000.
There is permanently rescinded $46,550,000,000.00, to be derived from the unobligated balances of amounts made available by section 90001 of the Act titled, An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 (Public Law 119–21), for border infrastructure and wall system.
There is permanently rescinded $45,000,000,000.00, to be derived from the unobligated balances of amounts made available by section 90003 of the Act titled, An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 (Public Law 119–21), for detention capacity.
The proposed credit would apply to the first tax year beginning in 2026. Its starting amount would be $2,000 per eligible individual, $4,000 for a joint return, and $600 per dependent. The bill uses the existing tax-law definition of dependent rather than supplying a new definition.
In the case of an eligible individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by subtitle A for the first taxable year beginning in 2026 an amount equal to the sum of— (1) $2,000 ($4,000 in the case of a joint return), plus (2) an amount equal to the product of $600 multiplied by the number of dependents of the taxpayer for such taxable year.
For purposes of this section, the term dependent has the meaning given such term by section 152.
People classified for tax purposes as nonresident aliens, people who are another taxpayer’s dependents for the specified year, and estates or trusts would not qualify as eligible individuals.
the term eligible individual means any individual other than— (1) any nonresident alien individual, (2) any individual who is a dependent of another taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the calendar year in which the individual’s taxable year begins, and (3) an estate or trust.
The entire credit, including dependent amounts, would shrink proportionally as adjusted gross income rises above the applicable threshold. It would reach zero at $80,000 under the general rule, $160,000 for joint filers or qualifying surviving spouses, and $120,000 for heads of household. The reductions would begin at $75,000, $150,000, and $112,500, respectively.
The amount of the credit allowed by subsection (a) (determined without regard to this subsection and subsection (e)) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount which bears the same ratio to such credit (as so determined) as— (A) the excess of— (i) the taxpayer’s adjusted gross income for such taxable year, over (ii) $75,000, bears to (B) $5,000.
In the case of a joint return or a surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)), paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting $150,000 for $75,000 and $10,000 for $5,000.
In the case of a head of household (as defined in section 2(b)), paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting $112,500 for $75,000 and $7,500 for $5,000.
Generally, the taxpayer would need to include a Social Security number issued by the return’s filing deadline to receive the individual amount. A joint return with only one spouse’s valid number would receive a $2,000 starting amount; with neither spouse’s number, that amount would be zero. Dependents would also need valid numbers on the return, but an adoption taxpayer identification number would qualify for a dependent who is adopted or placed for adoption.
In the case of a return other than a joint return, the $2,000 amount in subsection (a)(1) shall be treated as being zero unless the taxpayer includes the valid identification number of the taxpayer on the return of tax for the taxable year.
In the case of a joint return, the $4,000 amount in subsection (a)(1) shall be treated as being— (i) $2,000 if the valid identification number of only 1 spouse is included on the return of tax for the taxable year, and (ii) zero if the valid identification number of neither spouse is so included.
A dependent shall not be taken into account under subsection (a)(2) unless the valid identification number of such dependent is included on the return of tax for the taxable year.
the term valid identification number means a social security number issued to an individual by the Social Security Administration on or before the due date for filing the return for the taxable year.
in the case of a dependent who is adopted or placed for adoption, the term valid identification number shall include the adoption taxpayer identification number of such dependent.
A joint-filing military household would have an exception to the usual identification-number reduction: if either spouse served in the U.S. Armed Forces during the tax year and at least one spouse’s valid number appears on the return, the joint-return reduction would not apply. Other eligibility and income rules would still apply.
Subparagraph (B) shall not apply in the case where at least 1 spouse was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during the taxable year and the valid identification number of at least 1 spouse is included on the return of tax for the taxable year.
Advance payments would generally use eligibility and credit calculations for the first tax year beginning in 2025. If that return had not been filed when Treasury determined the payment, Treasury could use 2024 instead. If no 2024 return had been filed either, it could use specified 2024 Social Security or railroad retirement benefit statements.
Subject to paragraph (5), each individual who was an eligible individual for such individual’s first taxable year beginning in 2025 shall be treated as having made a payment against the tax imposed by chapter 1 for such taxable year in an amount equal to the advance refund amount for such taxable year.
the advance refund amount is the amount that would have been allowed as a credit under this section for such taxable year if this section (other than subsection (e) and this subsection) had applied to such taxable year.
In the case of an individual who, at the time of any determination made pursuant to paragraph (3), has not filed a tax return for the year described in paragraph (1), the Secretary may— (A) apply such paragraph by substituting 2024 for 2025, and (B) if the individual has not filed a tax return for such individual’s first taxable year beginning in 2024, use information with respect to such individual for calendar year 2024 provided in— (i) Form SSA–1099, Social Security Benefit Statement, or (ii) Form RRB–1099, Social Security Equivalent Benefit Statement.
For advance-payment calculations, someone who died before January 1, 2026, would generally be treated as lacking the required identification number, without the usual military-spouse exception. A special rule would apply when exactly one joint-filing spouse had died, that deceased spouse served in the Armed Forces during the relevant tax year, and that spouse’s valid number was on the return: exactly one spouse’s number would count. The bill also states that no amount would be determined under subsection (g)(2) with respect to a dependent if the taxpayer, or both joint-filing spouses, died before January 1, 2026. Because that cross-reference points to identification-number rules rather than the provision calculating dependent amounts, its precise effect on the dependent amount is unclear from the supplied text.
any individual who was deceased before January 1, 2026, shall be treated for purposes of applying subsection (g)(2) in the same manner as if the valid identification number of such person was not included on the return of tax for such taxable year (except that subparagraph (E) thereof shall not apply)
notwithstanding clause (i), in the case of a joint return with respect to which only 1 spouse was deceased before January 1, 2026, such deceased spouse was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during the taxable year, and the valid identification number of such deceased spouse was included on the return of tax for the taxable year, the valid identification number of 1 (and only 1) spouse shall be treated as included on the return of tax for the taxable year for purposes of applying subsection (g)(2)(B) with respect to such joint return
no amount shall be determined under subsection (g)(2) with respect to any dependent of the taxpayer if the taxpayer (both spouses in the case of a joint return) was deceased before January 1, 2026.
(C) Dependents A dependent shall not be taken into account under subsection (a)(2) unless the valid identification number of such dependent is included on the return of tax for the taxable year.
The final refundable credit would be reduced, but not below zero, by advance refunds and credits already provided to the taxpayer and generally to the taxpayer’s dependents. Unless Treasury provided otherwise, half of a joint advance payment would be assigned to each spouse. Failure to subtract advances would be handled through the cited tax-law procedure for mathematical or clerical errors.
The amount of the credit which would (but for this paragraph) be allowable under subsection (a) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the aggregate refunds and credits made or allowed to the taxpayer (or, except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, any dependent of the taxpayer) under subsection (f). Any failure to so reduce the credit shall be treated as arising out of a mathematical or clerical error and assessed according to section 6213(b)(1).
Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, in the case of a refund or credit made or allowed under subsection (f) with respect to a joint return, half of such refund or credit shall be treated as having been made or allowed to each individual filing such return.
Treasury would have to issue advance refunds or credits as rapidly as possible, subject to the tax code, and could not issue them after December 31, 2026. These advance overpayments would earn no interest. Treasury could send payments electronically to accounts the recipient had authorized for tax refunds or federal payments on or after January 1, 2024.
The Secretary shall, subject to the provisions of this title, refund or credit any overpayment attributable to this subsection as rapidly as possible. No refund or credit shall be made or allowed under this subsection after December 31, 2026.
No interest shall be allowed on any overpayment attributable to this subsection.
the Secretary may certify and disburse refunds payable under this subsection electronically to any account to which the payee authorized, on or after January 1, 2024, the delivery of a refund of taxes under this title or of a Federal payment
Federal disbursing officials making advance payments could modify supplied payment information to improve accurate and efficient delivery, despite otherwise applicable law. Liability under four specified federal payment statutes would be waived for payments under this authority, except in cases of fraud or reckless neglect.
Notwithstanding section 3325 of title 31, United States Code, or any other provision of law, with respect to any payment of a refund under this subsection, a disbursing official in the executive branch of the United States Government may modify payment information received from an officer or employee described in section 3325(a)(1)(B) of such title for the purpose of facilitating the accurate and efficient delivery of such payment. Except in cases of fraud or reckless neglect, no liability under sections 3325, 3527, 3528, or 3529 of title 31, United States Code, shall be imposed with respect to payments made under this subparagraph.
When Social Security, railroad retirement, or veterans officials supplied a person’s payment information, Treasury could pay that person’s representative payee or fiduciary. The entire payment would have to reach the eligible person or be used only for that person’s benefit. Specified enforcement laws for each benefits system would apply.
In the case of any individual for which payment information is provided to the Secretary by the Commissioner of Social Security, the Railroad Retirement Board, or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the payment by the Secretary under paragraph (3) with respect to such individual may be made to such individual’s representative payee or fiduciary and the entire payment shall be— (i) provided to the individual who is entitled to the payment, or (ii) used only for the benefit of the individual who is entitled to the payment.
section 1129(a)(3) of the Social Security Act shall apply to such payment in the same manner as such section applies to a payment under title II or XVI of such Act.
section 13 of the Railroad Retirement Act shall apply to such payment in the same manner as such section applies to a payment under such Act.
sections 5502, 6106, and 6108 of title 38, United States Code, shall apply to such payment in the same manner as such sections apply to a payment under such title.
Within 15 days after an advance payment was distributed, a notice would have to be mailed to the taxpayer’s last known address. It would state the payment method, amount, and an Internal Revenue Service phone number for reporting a missing payment.
Not later than 15 days after the date on which the Secretary distributed any payment to an eligible taxpayer pursuant to this subsection, notice shall be sent by mail to such taxpayer’s last known address. Such notice shall indicate the method by which such payment was made, the amount of such payment, and a phone number for the appropriate point of contact at the Internal Revenue Service to report any failure to receive such payment.
Treasury would have to issue necessary regulations or guidance, including measures it considered appropriate to prevent multiple credits or rebates to one taxpayer. Missing correct identification numbers would be treated as mathematical or clerical errors. The bill also adds references to the new credit in existing tax-assessment provisions.
The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including any such measures as are deemed appropriate to avoid allowing multiple credits or rebates to a taxpayer.
Any omission of a correct valid identification number required under this paragraph shall be treated as a mathematical or clerical error for purposes of applying section 6213(g)(2) to such omission.
Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting 6428C, after 6428B,.
Section 6213(g)(2)(L) of such Code is amended by striking or 6428A and inserting 6428A, or 6428C.
Treasury would reimburse U.S. territories with a mirror tax system for losses caused by the rebate amendments, using information from their governments. A mirror system calculates territorial income taxes by applying U.S. income-tax law as though the territory were the United States. The territorial provisions expressly include Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States which has a mirror code tax system amounts equal to the loss (if any) to that possession by reason of the amendments made by this section. Such amounts shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury based on information provided by the government of the respective possession.
the term mirror code tax system means, with respect to any possession of the United States, the income tax system of such possession if the income tax liability of the residents of such possession under such system is determined by reference to the income tax laws of the United States as if such possession were the United States.
the term possession of the United States includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Territories without mirror tax systems would receive Treasury’s estimate of the benefits their residents would have received under such a system. Payment would require a Treasury-approved plan to distribute the funds promptly to residents.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States which does not have a mirror code tax system amounts estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury as being equal to the aggregate benefits (if any) that would have been provided to residents of such possession by reason of the amendments made by this section if a mirror code tax system had been in effect in such possession. The preceding sentence shall not apply unless the respective possession has a plan, which has been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, under which such possession will promptly distribute such payments to its residents.
Treasury would also reimburse participating territories for increased administrative expenses, subject to a cap of $500,000 per territory and a special $10 million cap for Puerto Rico. Payment would be the lesser of the qualifying expense increase or the cap, with Treasury determining expenses from territorial government information.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States to which the Secretary makes a payment under paragraph (1) or (2) an amount equal to the lesser of— (A) the increase (if any) of the administrative expenses of such possession— (i) in the case of a possession described in paragraph (1), by reason of the amendments made by this section, and (ii) in the case of a possession described in paragraph (2), by reason of carrying out the plan described in such paragraph, or (B) $500,000 ($10,000,000 in the case of Puerto Rico). The amount described in subparagraph (A) shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury based on information provided by the government of the respective possession.
Someone allowed the territorial tax credit, or eligible for payment under an approved territorial plan, could not also receive the new U.S. income-tax credit or its advance payment.
No credit shall be allowed against United States income taxes under section 6428C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section), nor shall any credit or refund be made or allowed under subsection (f) of such section, to any person— (A) to whom a credit is allowed against taxes imposed by the possession by reason of the amendments made by this section, or (B) who is eligible for a payment under a plan described in paragraph (2).
Credits or refunds allowed or made to individuals under the new credit or the territorial rebate provisions would be protected from the specified offset authorities and similar authorities permitting offsets. They also could not be reduced or offset by other assessed federal taxes otherwise subject to levy or collection. This protection applies to individuals’ credits or refunds, not generally to Treasury payments to territorial governments.
Any credit or refund allowed or made to any individual by reason of section 6428C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section) or by reason of subsection (c) of this section shall not be— (1) subject to reduction or offset pursuant to subsection (c), (d), (e), or (f) of section 6402 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any similar authority permitting offset, or (2) reduced or offset by other assessed Federal taxes that would otherwise be subject to levy or collection.
Treasury would have to conduct a public information campaign with Social Security and other relevant federal agencies. It would include information for people who may not have filed a 2024 or 2025 tax return.
The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall conduct a public awareness campaign, in coordination with the Commissioner of Social Security and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, to provide information regarding the availability of the credit and rebate allowed under section 6428C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section), including information with respect to individuals who may not have filed a tax return for taxable year 2024 or 2025.
The bill would add a reference to the new credit in 31 U.S.C. 1324(b)(2) and in the tax code’s table of sections. Territorial payments would receive the same treatment under section 1324 as refunds from credit provisions listed in its subsection (b)(2). The supplied text does not reproduce that referenced statute.
For purposes of section 1324 of title 31, United States Code, the payments under this subsection shall be treated in the same manner as a refund due from a credit provision referred to in subsection (b)(2) of such section.
Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 6428C, after 6428B,.
The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6428B the following new item: Sec. 6428C. American tariff rebates.
Upon enactment, the bill would directly appropriate $1.4645 billion for fiscal year 2026 to the Internal Revenue Service, available through September 30, 2028. It would support advance-payment administration, taxpayer assistance, and integrated, modernized, secure systems. Up to $20 million could fund premium pay for information-technology development services, as determined by the Commissioner, occurring from January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2027. This money would supplement existing appropriations.
Immediately upon the enactment of this Act, in addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated:
$1,464,500,000 to remain available until September 30, 2028, for necessary expenses for the Internal Revenue Service for the administration of the advance payments, the provision of taxpayer assistance, and the furtherance of integrated, modernized, and secure Internal Revenue Service systems, of which up to $20,000,000 is available for premium pay for services related to the development of information technology as determined by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue occurring between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2027, and all of which shall supplement and not supplant any other appropriations that may be available for this purpose.
Upon enactment, the bill would also appropriate fiscal year 2026 funds of $7 million for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service to carry out section 2, available through September 30, 2027, and $8 million for the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to oversee its administration, available through September 30, 2028. Both would add to existing funding.
Immediately upon the enactment of this Act, in addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated for fiscal year 2026
$7,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2027, for necessary expenses for the Bureau of the Fiscal Service to carry out this section (and the amendments made by this section), which shall supplement and not supplant any other appropriations that may be available for this purpose
$8,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2028, for the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration for the purposes of overseeing activities related to the administration of this section (and the amendments made by this section), which shall supplement and not supplant any other appropriations that may be available for this purpose.
Section 3 would delete subsection 1(j) of the Internal Revenue Code, under the heading concerning repeal of extended and enhanced reduced rates. It would take effect as though included in section 70101 of Public Law 119–21. The supplied text does not reproduce those existing provisions, so it does not establish the resulting tax brackets, rates, or calendar effective date.
3. Repeal of extension and enhancement of reduced rates (a) In general Section 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (j). (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall take effect as if included in section 70101 of Public Law 119–21.
Section 4 would replace $15 million with $10 million in the cited estate-and-gift-tax exemption provision. It would take effect as though included in section 70106 of Public Law 119–21. The surrounding law is not supplied, so the text alone does not establish how this amount interacts with other exemption rules or its calendar effective date.
4. Modification of estate and gift tax exemption amounts (a) In general Section 2010(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking $15,000,000 and inserting $10,000,000. (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall take effect as if included in section 70106 of Public Law 119–21.
Section 5 would permanently cancel $46.55 billion from unobligated border infrastructure and wall-system funds provided by section 90001 of Public Law 119–21. The rescission is expressly limited to unobligated balances.
There is permanently rescinded $46,550,000,000.00, to be derived from the unobligated balances of amounts made available by section 90001 of the Act titled, An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 (Public Law 119–21), for border infrastructure and wall system.
Section 5 would separately cancel $45 billion permanently from unobligated detention-capacity funds provided by section 90003 of Public Law 119–21.
There is permanently rescinded $45,000,000,000.00, to be derived from the unobligated balances of amounts made available by section 90003 of the Act titled, An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 (Public Law 119–21), for detention capacity.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated October 2, 2026, records introduction in the House on September 17, 2026, and referral that day to Ways and Means, Judiciary, and Homeland Security for provisions within their respective jurisdictions. This dated snapshot does not establish later action or enactment.
Source snapshot updated 2026-10-02T20:01:07Z.
2026-09-17: Introduced in House
2026-09-17: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-09-17. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
Findings to examine
A possible unrelated provision is identified in the supplied introduced text. This is a subject-matter assessment, not a finding that a rider was attached through a documented amendment.
Section 5’s cancellation of border infrastructure and detention funding is a possible rider relative to the bill’s central tax-rebate provisions because it addresses a separate immigration-enforcement subject. The supplied text does not establish whether these cancellations were intended as financing offsets or how they became part of the bill.
In the case of an eligible individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by subtitle A for the first taxable year beginning in 2026
There is permanently rescinded $46,550,000,000.00, to be derived from the unobligated balances of amounts made available by section 90001 of the Act titled, An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 (Public Law 119–21), for border infrastructure and wall system.
There is permanently rescinded $45,000,000,000.00, to be derived from the unobligated balances of amounts made available by section 90003 of the Act titled, An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 (Public Law 119–21), for detention capacity.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No earmarks were identified after reviewing the complete supplied introduced-text version under the stated definition. This does not establish their absence in other versions or accompanying materials, and formal earmark disclosures are not supplied.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
Findings to examine
The supplied introduced text contains narrow exceptions and preferential treatment within the rebate program and its administration. Identifying them does not establish that they are unjustified or improper.
Joint-filing military households would receive an exception to the ordinary reduction when only one spouse’s valid identification number is included on the return. If either spouse served in the Armed Forces during the tax year and at least one valid number appears on the return, the usual reduction from a $4,000 to a $2,000 starting amount would not apply. This is a narrow exception within the rebate’s eligibility rules.
In the case of a joint return, the $4,000 amount in subsection (a)(1) shall be treated as being— (i) $2,000 if the valid identification number of only 1 spouse is included on the return of tax for the taxable year
Subparagraph (B) shall not apply in the case where at least 1 spouse was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during the taxable year and the valid identification number of at least 1 spouse is included on the return of tax for the taxable year.
A surviving joint filer whose deceased spouse served in the Armed Forces during the relevant tax year could benefit from a special advance-payment identification rule. If exactly one spouse died before January 1, 2026, and the deceased service member’s valid number was on the return, exactly one spouse’s number would count despite the general rule disregarding numbers of people who died before that date.
any individual who was deceased before January 1, 2026, shall be treated for purposes of applying subsection (g)(2) in the same manner as if the valid identification number of such person was not included on the return of tax for such taxable year (except that subparagraph (E) thereof shall not apply)
notwithstanding clause (i), in the case of a joint return with respect to which only 1 spouse was deceased before January 1, 2026, such deceased spouse was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during the taxable year, and the valid identification number of such deceased spouse was included on the return of tax for the taxable year, the valid identification number of 1 (and only 1) spouse shall be treated as included on the return of tax for the taxable year for purposes of applying subsection (g)(2)(B) with respect to such joint return
Puerto Rico would have a $10 million ceiling for reimbursement of increased rebate-administration expenses, compared with $500,000 for other participating territories. This is a geographically specific preferential cap within the territorial reimbursement formula; actual reimbursement would still be limited to qualifying increased expenses.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States to which the Secretary makes a payment under paragraph (1) or (2) an amount equal to the lesser of— (A) the increase (if any) of the administrative expenses of such possession— (i) in the case of a possession described in paragraph (1), by reason of the amendments made by this section, and (ii) in the case of a possession described in paragraph (2), by reason of carrying out the plan described in such paragraph, or (B) $500,000 ($10,000,000 in the case of Puerto Rico).
Federal payment officials would receive a limited statutory liability exemption for advance refunds paid under the authority to modify payment information. The exemption concerns four specified payment statutes and excludes fraud or reckless neglect. It is a special legal protection tied to rebate delivery; the full scope of the referenced liability statutes is not supplied.
a disbursing official in the executive branch of the United States Government may modify payment information received from an officer or employee described in section 3325(a)(1)(B) of such title for the purpose of facilitating the accurate and efficient delivery of such payment. Except in cases of fraud or reckless neglect, no liability under sections 3325, 3527, 3528, or 3529 of title 31, United States Code, shall be imposed with respect to payments made under this subparagraph.
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