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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 25, 2007
Reimbursing Our American Drivers (ROAD) Act of 2007 - Increases to 60 cents per mile, for the period after December 31, 2006, and before January 1, 2008: (1) the standard mileage rate for calculating the tax deduction for business, medical, and moving use of an automobile; and (2) the standard mileage rate for reimbursement of federal employee automobile expenses. Increases from 14 to 30 cents per mile the standard mileage rate for purposes of computing the tax deduction for the use of a passenger automobile for charitable purposes.
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Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D–NY
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