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Savings and Economic Growth Act of 1990

Introduced: February 6, 1990 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 6, 1990
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 Amendments to this bill 1
AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 2,403 To provide a preferential capital gain rate for domestically processed timber. Pending Jul 27, 1990
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Savings and Economic Growth Act of 1990 - Title I: Capital Gains Provisions - Subtitle A: Reduction in Capital Gains Tax - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the capital gains rate for noncorporate taxpayers through a deduction of: (1) 30 percent for assets held at least three years; (2) 20 percent for assets held at least two years; and (3) ten percent for assets held at least one year.

Provides for the treatment of collectibles as short-term gains or losses (making them ineligible for such deduction).

Disallows the capital gains deduction in computing the alternative minimum tax.

Subtitle B: Depreciation Recapture - Provides for the treatment of gain from the disposition of certain depreciable realty as ordinary income.

Title II: Home Ownership and Savings Incentives - Allows an exemption from the ten-percent additional tax on early distributions from qualified retirement plans up to $10,000, if the distribution is used to make a first-home purchase at a cost of no more than 110 percent of the median home price in the geographic area where the residence is located.

Allows an individual (other than a dependent) to establish a family savings account for the exclusive benefit of an individual and the individual's beneficiaries. Limits contributions to such accounts to $2,500 for the taxable year, if the individual's adjusted income does not exceed $60,000 ($120,000 in the case of joint returns).

Subjects the family savings account to the tax imposed on unrelated business income of tax-exempt organizations. Provides that distributions paid out of such accounts shall not be included in gross income, except for earnings on contributions held less than seven years. Establishes a ten-percent additional tax on earnings on contributions held less than three years.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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