Expand dependent care assistance programs.

He discussed ... expanding dependent care assistance programs.

Marshall backed expanding dependent care assistance programs for families and workers.

Senator Marshall Covers More Ground Across North Central Kansas - Senator Roger Marshall
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Sen. Roger Marshall announced the bipartisan Expanding Childcare in Rural America Act of 2023, saying access to childcare is a top priority and that changes to USDA rural development programs could build childcare infrastructure for rural communities.

Shows Marshall advanced concrete childcare-expansion legislation in the Senate, indicating effort on the broader family-care policy area.

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Senator Marshall Leads Bill to Expand Childcare in Rural America
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Marshall said the tax framework would help working families pay for childcare and education expenses and provide much-needed relief to Kansas families, indicating support for federal childcare-related tax relief.

Marshall publicly backed a package that included family tax provisions tied to childcare affordability, but this statement alone did not yet prove the dependent-care expansion was enacted.

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Senator Marshall Endorses Framework for The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act
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The Senate Finance Committee said the new law increases the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit and the Dependent Care Assistance Program exclusion to help families afford child care, and that these child-care tax changes are part of the enacted Working Families Tax Cuts.

Official Senate committee source confirming the dependent care assistance program was expanded in enacted legislation.

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Working Families Tax Cuts Support the Next Generation
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IRS Publication 15-B states that for the 2026 tax year the dependent care assistance exclusion from wages was raised from $5,000 to $7,500 ($3,750 if married filing separately).

Official IRS implementation guidance confirms the legal change took effect and quantifies the expanded dependent care assistance limit.

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Publication 15-B (2026), Employer’s Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits
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IRS guidance explains that beginning with taxable years after 12-31-2025, the maximum amount employees can exclude for employer-provided dependent care assistance increases to $7,500 per year.

Official IRS explanatory material corroborates the enacted expansion and its effective date.

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One Big Beautiful Bill: Business Tax Provisions - YouTube video text script
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Marshall’s office said the Republican-passed Working Families Tax Cuts were already delivering relief, including 'expanding childcare incentives,' and that the benefits had begun reaching Kansans.

Marshall later claimed credit for the childcare-tax changes as implemented federal policy, consistent with delivery rather than mere proposal.

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Senator Marshall Joins Wichita Small Business Roundtable Highlighting Capital Access & Tax Relief
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