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Fox News: Huizenga presses for federal tax holiday for frontline coronavirus 'heroes'

Health care workers and first responders would get a break from paying federal taxes under new legislation designed to thank frontline workers who are putting their lives on the line responding to the coronavirus pandemic.

Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., will introduce the Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Emergency Situations (HEROES) Act of 2020 on Friday that would provide a four-month federal income tax holiday for frontline workers in counties with at least one positive COVID-19 patient.

The legislation is modeled after the federal tax holiday provided to members of the military deployed to combat zones and would extend first responders and healthcare workers a similar financial benefit while serving in the battle against the pandemic. ...

"If this really is a war that we're in, let's treat it like that," said Huizenga, whose home state of Michigan has become a coronavirus hotspot. "Let's give those men and women that are on the front lines ... the full support of the federal government. This is a small way of saying thank you for their work at this critical time."  

Read Fox News' coverage of the HEROES Act here.  
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