Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2010. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with Senators Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and George Lemieux (R-Fla.), today introduced the Haiti Assistance Income Tax Incentive (HAITI) Act, legislation designed to help facilitate emergency aid and rebuilding efforts in Haiti following last week’s devastating earthquake. The legislation, announced Friday with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-Mi.I.), would allow U.S. Taxpayers to make charitable contributions to Haiti relief programs before March 1, 2010 and claim those contributions on their 2009 income tax return. Today’s Senate introduction follows passage of identical legislation by the House of Representatives.
