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Version 81 · Passed House without amendment · Jun 15, 2010
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Title V: Tax Provisions - Small Business Jobs Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Subtitle A: Small Business Tax Incentives - Part 1: General Provisions - (Sec. 501) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 50% to 100% the exclusion from gross income of the gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock acquired after March 15, 2010, and before January 1, 2012.
Part 2: Limitations and Reporting on Certain Penalties - (Sec. 511) Limits the penalty for failure to disclose a reportable transaction (a transaction determined by the Internal Revenue Service [IRS] as having a potential for tax avoidance or evasion) to 75% of the decrease in tax resulting from such transaction.
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(Sec. 512) Requires the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to report by December 31, 2010, and annually thereafter, to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance on penalties assessed for certain tax shelters and reportable transactions.
Part 3: Other Provisions - (Sec. 521) Increases the tax deduction for trade or business start-up expenditures from $5,000 to $20,000 in 2010 and 2011.
(Sec. 522) Revises the definition of "qualified nonrecourse financing" to include qualified nonrecourse real property or Small Business Investment Company financing as amounts at risk for purposes of determining the deductibility of losses from certain investment activities, including farming, leasing, and energy exploration.
(Sec. 523) Excludes from gross income any amount paid for a borrower under the Small Business Administration (SBA) borrower assistance program.
Subtitle B: Revenue Provisions - (Sec. 531) Revises rules for valuing assets in grantor retained annuity trusts to require that the right to receive fixed amounts from an annuity last for a term of not less than 10 years, that such fixed amounts not decrease during the first 10 years of the annuity term, and that the remainder interest have a value greater than zero when transferred.
(Sec. 532) Excludes any fuel with an acid number greater than 25 from the definition of "cellulosic biofuel" for purposes of the tax credit for alcohol used as fuel.
(Sec. 533) Increases by 7.75% the estimated tax installment for the third quarter of 2015 for corporations with assets of not less than $1 billion.
People & committees
Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12] · D–MI
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Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1436, H.R. 5486 is laid on the table.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 247 - 170 (Roll no. 363). (text: CR H4469-4470)
House roll call 363 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 247 - 170 (Roll no. 363).(text: CR H4469-4470)
House roll call 363 · Individual votesOn motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 187 - 230 (Roll no. 362). (consideration: CR H4479)
House roll call 362 · Individual votesThe previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H4478)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Camp (MI) motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions in the motion seek to report the same back to the House forthwith with an amendment adding a section entitled "REPEAL OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE MANDATE".
Mr. Camp moved to recommit with instructions to Ways and Means. (consideration: CR H4477-4479; text: CR H4477)
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4477-4479)
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - The Chair announced further consideration of H.R. 5486 would be postponed until a time to be announced.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H4476)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 5486.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5486 and H.R. 5297 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. All points of order against consideration of each bill except for clauses 9 and 10 or rule XXI are waived.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1436. (consideration: CR H4469-4476)
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1436 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5486 and H.R. 5297 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of each bill except for clauses 9 and 10 or rule XXI are waived.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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