Gold Star families desperate for tax fix as Congress returns from recess.
It was a Sunday afternoon in late February when Jessica Braden-Rogers received a call from her tax preparer telling her there was an"issue" with her taxes that would cost her thousands of dollars.
Since then she's lobbied for a fix to the tax and watched legislation get approved in both chambers of Congress, but the bill never made it to the president’s desk. Now with Congress returning from August recess, she said her family and other Gold Star families -- families who have lost military service members -- are desperate for Capitol Hill to pass the fix before they face another tax season.
The Pennsylvania social worker has lobbied Congress for the Gold Star Family Tax Relief Act, which would tax survivor benefits as earned income, instead of unearned income. The Senate unanimously passed the narrow fix to alleviate the burden on Gold Star families in May, which was followed by a broader House fix days later. However, the legislation never got to Trump's desk.
In a statement to ABC News a Cruz spokesperson said,"The Senate can and should act for the benefit of Gold Star families while also benefiting school kids all across the country, including students with disabilities, public school students, and homeschool students. Sen. Cruz will continue working with his colleagues to achieve both the Gold Star families tax fix and the expansion of 529 plans in the retirement bill.
"Instead, House Democrats are playing politics with the issue and using the Gold Star tax fix as a bargaining tool to pass their comprehensive re-write of our nation’s retirement savings," the Pennsylvania senator said in the statement.
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