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S 1879 105th Congress Senate Taxation Accounting Agriculture and Food Business income tax Commerce Farmers Finance and Financial Sector Income tax Tax administration

A bill to provide for the permanent extension of income averaging for farmers.

Introduced: March 30, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Mar 30, 1998
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 30, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2764-2765)
Mar 30, 1998
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 to permanently extend income averaging for farmers.

What's happening now March 30, 1998

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 2
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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
R
McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Jul 9, 1998
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Jul 9, 1998
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Apr 29, 1998
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