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House approves revised employer childcare tax credit after extended debate
Summary
After extended floor debate over fiscal impacts and program design, the Utah House passed a revised employer childcare tax credit (second substitute HB 190) that sponsors say will incentivize small businesses to offer childcare supports; opponents questioned ROI and provider supply constraints.
The Utah House on Feb. 18 passed second substitute HB 190, a bill that redesigns the state’s employer childcare tax credit to encourage small businesses to invest in childcare for employees. Representative Thompson, the bill’s sponsor, framed the measure as a response to a statewide childcare shortage and significant economic losses, asserting the state ‘‘loses $1,360,000,000 in economic productivity every year due to childcare-related issues’’ and citing $258,000,000 in lost income tax revenue.
Thompson and other sponsors said the bill is structured as a…
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