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to 100 percent of qualified tuition and related expenses not in excess of $2,000, plus 25 percent of those expenses in excess of $2,000, but not in excess of $4,000. Accordingly, the maximum Hope Scholarship Credit allowable under § 25A(b)(1) is $2,500. .03 Section 103 of the PATH Act made permanent under § 32 the enhanced earned income tax credit percentage for an eligible individual with 3 or more qualifying children and the phaseout percentages. The PATH Act also made permanent an increase of $5,000 in the phaseout amount to reduce the marriage penalty and the indexing of this amount for inflation. .04 Section 333 of the PATH Act modifies the § 831(b) eligibility rules for a property and casualty insurance company to elect to be taxed only on taxable investment income. The provision increases the amount of the limit on net written premiums or direct written premiums (whichever is greater) from $1,200,000 to $2,200,000 and indexes this amount for inflation effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2016. .05 Section 202 of the Airport and Airways Extension Act of 2015, Pub. L. 114-55, amended § 4261(k)(1)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code (which governs the period of applicability of § 4261(a), 4261(b)(1), (c)(1), and (c)(3)). The effect of this amendment was to temporarily extend the passenger air transportation excise taxes of 7.5% on the amount paid for taxable transportation, $3.00 for each domestic segment of taxable transportation, $12.00 for amounts paid for any transportation beginning or ending in the United States (i.e., international travel), and $6.00 for each domestic segment beginning