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S. 1618

Referred to Committee

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for purposes of the tax on private foundation excess business holdings to treat as outstanding any employee-owned stock purchased by a business enterprise pursuant to certain employee stock ownership retirement plans.

Introduced 7/24/2017•115th Congress•Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

7/24/2017 • Senate

Summary

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude certain purchases of employee-owned stock from being considered as outstanding voting stock for the purpose of the tax on excess business holdings of a private foundation in a business enterprise.

The bill applies to any voting stock that is: (1) not readily tradable on an established securities market; (2) purchased by the business enterprise on or after January 1, 2005, from an employee stock ownership plan in which employees of the business enterprise participate, in connection with a distribution from the plan; and (3) held by the business enterprise as treasury stock, cancelled, or retired.

Introduced in Senate • 7/24/2017

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Taxation
Business investment and capitalEmployee benefits and pensionsSales and excise taxesSecuritiesSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsTax-exempt organizations

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Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]

Democrat • MI

Sponsored 7/24/2017

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