Domestic Partner Tax Reform Introduced In Senate

[William769]

(Washington) Legislation introduced Wednesday in the Senate would put domestic partners and spouses on the same page of the federal tax code when it comes to employer-provided health care benefits.

Under current law, employers are subject to payroll tax, and employees to income and payroll taxes, for the value of covering a domestic partner.

"Our tax code should help all families – traditional and non-traditional,” said Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) who is sponsoring the bill along with Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Joseph Lieberman (Ind.-Conn.).

"Lower taxes help the family budget and this is a great opportunity to cut taxes," said Smith at a Capitol Hill news conference.

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[SharonRB]

1. Great news -- with Republican support it looks like, but

I assume * will veto it.

[William769]

3. Thats fine by me, I'm just glad to see it in Congress.

[Telly Savalas]

4. There are enough knuckledraggers on both sides of the aisle

that it's not clear that it will make it out of the Senate.

[MadMaddie]

2. Lets see how hard the Repugs fight this... I mean after all

they give the Corporations tax breaks...why not all Americans couples?