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HR 1785 104th Congress House

Entrepreneurial New and Small Business Capital Formation Act of 1995

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to promote capital formation for the development of new businesses.

Introduced: June 7, 1995 See on congress.gov
Taxation Business lossesCapital gains taxCommerceFinance and Financial Sector
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Entrepreneurial New and Small Business Capital Formation Act of 1995 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to recognize, if elected by the taxpayer, gain (other than ordinary income) on the sale of any eligible small business investment only to the extent the amount realized exceeds the cost of any other small business investment purchased by the taxpayer during the previous six months. Applies to the amendments made by this Act rules (from provisions relating to a 50 percent exclusion for gain from certain small business stock) relating to stock conversion, pass-through entities, transfers, and short positions. Mandates basis reductions for unrecognized gain. Treats a loss on an eligible small business investment, if the loss would otherwise be from the sale or exchange of a capital asset, as an ordinary loss.

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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jun 7, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1785: Entrepreneurial New and Small Business Capital Formation Act of 1995. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1785/
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"H.R. 1785: Entrepreneurial New and Small Business Capital Formation Act of 1995." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1785/.
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