The refundable amount grows with prices from a 2025 base
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 70402, Sec. 70402.
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The refundable amount grows with prices from a 2025 base
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of the TreasuryHow: statuteSec. 70402 in the PDF
What the document says
“In the case of the dollar amount in subsection (a)(4), paragraph (1) shall be applied--”
The section rewrites section 23(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 so that the dollar amounts in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a) and paragraphs (1) and (2)(A)(i) of subsection (b) rise for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2002 by a cost of living adjustment measured from calendar year 2001, rounded to the nearest $10, and so that for the new refundable amount that rule is read with 2025 in place of 2002 and calendar year 2024 in place of calendar year 2001.
What the document actually says
“In the case of the dollar amount in subsection (a)(4), paragraph (1) shall be applied--”
That sentence, in plain words
The new refundable figure is treated apart. The two changes that follow set how it grows.
What this is about
Its base year is 2025 rather than 2002. Its price measure runs from 2024. Any rise is rounded to the nearest $10.
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Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Public Law 119-21, sec. 70402, 139 Stat. 213 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm
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“The refundable amount grows with prices from a 2025 base,” Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 70402, Sec. 70402. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-21/proposal/sec70402-inflation/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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