Jenniffer González details draft package for COVID

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Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón highlighted the inclusion of extending to Puerto Rico the retail credit (CTC) and the credit for work (EITC) in addition to the sending of $ 1,400 to individuals and extension of the benefit for unemployment within the draft of the new stimulus package for the pandemic, released last night by the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives.

"The new COVID-19 aid project from the Ways and Means Committee includes our CTC and EITC projects that I have worked on in a bipartisan way since I came to Congress. I am grateful to the Chairman of the Committee, Richard Neal, with whom I have discussed the measures, for including them. These proposals are vital for the economic development of Puerto Rico; in addition, they represent a relief for the working class ", expressed González Colón.

This four-year congresswoman filed HR 106, which would allow working families with 1 or 2 children to be eligible to receive a federal tax credit of up to $ 2,000 per child. The Child Tax Credit (or Child Tax Credit - CTC) would benefit about 355,000 families and 404,000 children, representing $ 300 million annually.

Parents should file a claim directly with the IRS as they currently do for residents of Puerto Rico with three or more children.

The commissioner also filed HR105 to extend the Earned Income Tax Credit, this initiative is also contained in this draft. The federal government would match up to three times the credit for Creole work.

These initiatives have been promoted by the commissioner since her first term in Congress and are contained in the letter she sent to President Joseph Biden in which she presented a list of priorities for the island.

Economic stimulus check

Included is the mailing of a check for $ 1,400 for taxpayers ($ 2,800 for couple contributors) in addition to $ 1,400 per dependent. A dependent is not limited to one child, but one whose social security number is tied to the filing of income tax. These checks are not
subject to federal or state administrative debts or alimony arrears.

The benefits of the Coronavirus Response Act of the Families First Act are extended, for paid sick time and paid family leave credits that expired March 31, 2021 through September 30, 2021.

The unemployment benefit that It expired in May, now it would be extended to August and it would be increased from $ 300 to $ 400 per week.

Employers who kept paying employees during the pandemic are extended the period to request the credit until December 31, 2021.

It is expected that the draft of the measure will be formally filed today and tomorrow, Wednesday, it will be voted on in the Committee. of Means and Ways, there is still no date for discussion of the measure in the Hemicycle.

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