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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Dec 13, 2007
Cancer and Terminal Illness Patient Health Care Act of 2007- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to waive the employee portion of the Social Security tax for any period in which a taxpayer has been certified by a physician as having cancer or a terminal illness or is the primary caregiver for a spouse, parent, or child with cancer or a terminal disease. Reduces by 50 percent the rates of tax levied on a self-employed individual for old age, survivors and disability insurance and hospital insurance if a physician has certified that such individual has a terminal disease or cancer throughout the taxable year or is the primary caregiver for a spouse, parent, or child with a terminal disease or cancer.
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Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] · R–TX
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2569)
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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