1.011 -Exemption for Dependent Care Expenses
Item | Description | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 | FY2014 | FY2015 |
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1.011 | Exemption for Dependent Care Expenses1
Day care paid for or provided by an employer to an employee, the value of which does not exceed the employee's or employee's spouse's "earned" income, and does not exceed the amount of $5,000, is not included in the income of the employee and is deductible by the employer. Origin: IRC S. 129 Estimate: $11.5 |
15.9 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
Key:
ORIGIN | |
IRC | Federal Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C.) |
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U.S.C | United States Code |
M.G.L. | Massachusetts General Laws |
Rev. Rul.; C.B. | Revenue Ruling; Cumulative Bulletin of the U.S. Treasury |
ESTIMATES | All estimates are in $ millions. |
Footnote:
1 1 This item and others citing this endnote cover employee fringe benefits. We accept as standard the following treatment of these benefits: the expense incurred by the employer in providing the benefit is properly deductible as a business expense and the benefit is taxed as compensation to the employee as if the employee had received taxable compensation and then used it to purchase the benefit. Of course, there are problems with this analysis. In some cases, the "benefit" is more a condition of employment than a true benefit. For example, a teacher required to have lunch in the school cafeteria may prefer to eat elsewhere even if the school lunch is free. On the other hand, in many cases the provision of tax-free employee benefits is clearly a substitution for taxable compensation.
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