HCR 20 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
05/03
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 20
A RESOLUTION urging the federal government to expand the earned income tax credit to both parents in appropriate cases.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bickford, Straf 3
COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
This resolution urges the federal government to expand the earned income tax credit to both parents in appropriate cases.
10-2269
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
A RESOLUTION urging the federal government to expand the earned income tax credit to both parents in appropriate cases.
Whereas, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable federal income tax credit for low to moderate income working individuals and families; and
Whereas, the EITC can only be claimed by one parent on his or her annual tax return; and
Whereas, there are significant costs to both parents in raising children under any type of a shared parenting or shared custody arrangement; and
Whereas, low income parents paying child support are often left with inadequate funds to support both their children and themselves; and
Whereas, expansion of the EITC and similar tax benefits would allow such parents to better meet their child support obligations; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the New Hampshire general court urges Congress to expand the EITC and similar tax benefits to both parents in appropriate cases; and
That a signed copy of this resolution be sent by the house clerk to the President of the United States, the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, and to each member of the New Hampshire congressional delegation.