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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 1529

Access Technology Affordability Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-02-24Topic: taxes

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Access Technology Affordability Act of 2025 This bill allows a refundable federal tax credit, through 2030, equal to the amounts paid for qualified access technology for use by a blind individual who is the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or a dependent of the taxpayer. (Limits apply.) The bill defines qualified access technology as hardware, software, or other information technology with the primary function of converting or adapting information that is visually represented into forms or formats usable by blind individuals. The tax credit is limited to (1) amounts paid that are not compensated by insurance or otherwise, and (2) an aggregate amount of $2,000 (adjusted for inflation) per blind individual in any period of three consecutive taxable years.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-02-24HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.refer
2025-02-24Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-02-24Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-10-19. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.