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The Child Care Bill
West Virginia expands employer help for child care costs
To maximize the utility and accessibility of West Virginia’s child care tax credit for employers
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This bill would make it easier for West Virginia employers to get tax money for helping with child care, which could mean more child care options for working parents.
Our take
What we think, in plain words.
This bill aims to make it simpler and more rewarding for businesses to help their workers with child care costs. Right now, the tax credit mostly covers child care on the company's property. This bill would let companies get the credit for helping pay for child care at other places too, like a daycare down the street. It also makes the credit bigger and easier to use over many years. For regular people, this could mean more choices for child care that their job helps pay for, making it easier to work and afford care for their kids. Some might worry that giving more tax breaks to companies means less money for other state services. But supporters would say that helping companies with child care can keep more parents working, which helps the economy and brings in more tax money in the long run.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- The bill would expand the child care tax credit for employers.
- It would include child care services that are 'employer-sponsored' by a third party, not just those on the employer's property.
- The credit amount would increase from 50 percent to 100 percent of the cost of child care property.
- Unused tax credits could be carried forward for 20 years instead of three years.
- It defines a 'Tri-Share Child Care program' where parents, employers, and the state each pay one-third of the costs.
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