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HR 1554 102th Congress House

Corporate Raider Tax Act of 1991

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for interest incurred on junk bonds used in hostile takeovers, to provide that the deemed sale… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for interest incurred on junk bonds used in hostile takeovers, to provide that the deemed sale rules shall apply in the case of hostile stock purchases, and to provide for the treatment of certain high yield discount obligations.

Introduced: June 11, 1992 See on congress.gov
Taxation Corporate mergersCorporation taxesIncome taxInterest
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Junk bondsStocksTax deductions
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It never became law before the 102nd Congress (1991–1992) 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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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 21, 1991
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 Latest action March 21, 1991

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Corporate Raider Tax Act of 1991 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow a deduction for interest on junk bonds incurred to acquire stock or assets in hostile takeovers.

Requires that a hostile stock purchase in a corporate takeover attempt be treated as an asset acquisition by the purchasing corporation.

Disallows an income tax deduction for interest on any indebtedness incurred or continued by a purchasing shareholder to purchase or carry corporate stock or assets acquired through a hostile purchase.

Lowers the minimum maturity date requirement of an applicable high yield discount obligation from five years to two years (thus restricting the tax deduction for interest on certain high yield original issue discount obligations). Amends the definition of "disqualified yield" as it relates to the disqualified portion of original issue discount on any applicable high yield discount obligation to remove the additional percentage point added to the excess of the yield to maturity over a specified sum.

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