Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997

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The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 is a major U.S. federal law that significantly reduced taxes for individuals and families, particularly those with children, through a range of credits, deductions, and capital gains tax cuts.

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Label Occurrences
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 canonical 7
Tax Reform Act of 1997 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
tax reform law ⓘ
affectedTaxType capital gains tax ⓘ
corporate income tax ⓘ
estate tax ⓘ
individual income tax ⓘ
amendedStatute Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ⓘ
budgetContext part of 1997 budget reconciliation process ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 26 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdAccountType Education IRA ⓘ
Roth Individual Retirement Arrangement ⓘ
linked to: Roth IRA
createdTaxCredit Child Tax Credit ⓘ
Hope Scholarship Credit ⓘ
Lifetime Learning Credit ⓘ
dateSigned 1997-08-05 ⓘ
enactedBy 105th United States Congress ⓘ
expandedDeduction student loan interest deduction ⓘ
followedBy Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the largest tax cut packages of the 1990s ⓘ
introducedChildCreditPhaseout income-based phaseout for Child Tax Credit ⓘ
introducedConcept Roth IRA ⓘ
introducedEducationProvision Education IRA (later Coverdell Education Savings Account) ⓘ
introducedEstateTaxChange increased unified credit for estate and gift taxes ⓘ
introducedHomeSaleProvision exclusion of gain on sale of principal residence (up to specified limits) ⓘ
introducedPolicy $500-per-child nonrefundable Child Tax Credit (initial amount) ⓘ
introducedSmallBusinessProvision favorable capital gains treatment for certain small business stock ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legislativeChamberOfOrigin United States House of Representatives ⓘ
longTitle An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to subsections (b)(2) and (d) of section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998 ⓘ
modifiedProvision Traditional IRA rules ⓘ
negotiatedWith Clinton administration ⓘ
policyArea education policy ⓘ
family policy ⓘ
retirement policy ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
precededBy Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 ⓘ
presidentAtSigning Bill Clinton ⓘ
primaryPurpose expand tax-favored savings for education and retirement ⓘ
provide tax relief for families with children ⓘ
reduce capital gains taxes ⓘ
reduce federal tax burden on individuals and families ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 105-34 ⓘ
reducedTaxRate maximum long-term capital gains rate for individuals ⓘ
shortTitle Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ⓘ
signedBy Bill Clinton ⓘ
sponsoredBy Republican congressional leadership ⓘ
yearEnacted 1997 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Child Tax Credit → createdBy → Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ⓘ
Additional Child Tax Credit → introducedInLaw → Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ⓘ
Roth IRA → createdByAct → Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ⓘ
U.S. Individual Retirement Accounts → expandedBy → Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ⓘ
Public Law 105-33 → relatedTo → Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ⓘ
Clinton v. City of New York → relatedLegislation → Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ⓘ
Bureau of Internal Revenue → legalBasis → Tax Reform Act of 1997 ⓘ
linked to: Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 → shortTitle → Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ⓘ