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S 1239 100th Congress Senate Taxation Accounting Bank loans Capital gains tax Debt Discount rate Finance and Financial Sector Income tax Interest Tax deductions Tax exclusion

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the treatment of certain short-term loans.

Introduced: May 20, 1987 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 100th Congress ended
It never became law before the 100th Congress (1987–1988) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Became law
Jul 12, 1988
Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management. Hearings held.
May 20, 1987
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 20, 1987
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that certain short-term loans made in the ordinary course of business of a taxpayer bank or other financial institution that does not use an accrual method of accounting shall not be subject to requirements governing: (1) the current inclusion in gross income of the discount on such obligations; and (2) the deferral of the deduction for net direct interest expenses allocable to the accrued discount on such obligations. Applies these amendments to loans acquired after July 18, 1984.

Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Act) to apply requirements relating to the accrual of interest payments on certain short-term obligations to obligations acquired after October 22, 1986 (thus removing the retroactivity of the Act, which made these requirements applicable to obligations acquired after September 27, 1985).

What's happening now July 12, 1988

Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management. Hearings held.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1239: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the treatment of certain short-term loans.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-1239/
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