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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 25, 2007
Invest in Small Business Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the exclusion from gross income of gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock from 50 to 75 % of such gain and to reduce the required holding period for such stock from five to four years; (2) allow a 100% exclusion of gain from such stock sold by a business in an empowerment zone; (3) deny a tax exclusion for small business stock held by a 25% controlled corporate group; (4) repeal as an item of tax preference under the alternative minimum tax the exclusion of gain from the sale of small business stock; (5) repeal the 28% income tax rate on the gain from the sale of small business stock which is not excluded from gross income; (6) revise the definition of "qualified small business" for certain tax purposes to mean a C corporation with aggregate gross assets not exceeding $100 million (currently, $50 million); and (7) provide for an annual inflation adjustment to the small business aggregate gross asset amount after 2007.
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Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D–MA
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5100-5101)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5099-5100)
Introduced in Senate
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