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Senate adopts conference report on S.51, drops caregiver credit and advances several tax changes including a veteran credit
Summary
The Vermont Senate accepted the conference committee report on S.51, adopting a package of tax changes that substitutes several tax credits and deductions in place of a previously proposed unpaid caregiver tax credit; the Senate voted 28–0 to approve and messaged the measure to the governor.
The Vermont Senate on May 30 accepted and adopted the committee of conference report on S.51 and sent the measure to the governor, after debate over a removed unpaid caregiver tax credit.
Senator Cummings, the senior senator from the Washington District and a conferee on S.51, told the Senate the version returned from conference had removed the unpaid caregiver tax credit and replaced it with a set of other tax provisions, including a child tax credit adjustment, expansion and separation of the earned‑income tax credit, phased increases to the deductible amount of Social Security for certain income brackets, adjustments for military and survivor benefits, and a new, modest tax credit targeted at some low‑income veterans.
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