A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a credit for the occupational training of displaced persons.
Displaced Homemakers Opportunity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers an income tax credit for expenses of occupational training, received either on the job or through a qualified training organization, of displaced homemakers. Defines "displaced homemaker" as an individual who: (1) was a homemaker for five years; (2) had no, or insufficient, occupational skills at the time of hiring; (3) entered the work force due to the death or disability of, or divorce from, the wage-earning spouse; and (4) is employed by the taxpayer at the close of the taxable year. Excludes from such definition any individual with respect to whom the taxpayer has been allowed a targeted jobs tax credit.
Provides for the recapture of the tax benefit received under this Act in the event the taxpayer discharges a displaced homemaker without reasonable cause.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Labor Department.
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