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HR 1916 106th Congress House Taxation Business income tax Commerce Cost of living adjustments Depreciation and amortization Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Income tax Indexing (Economic policy) Lumber trade Public Lands and Natural Resources Reforestation Tax deductions

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce to 36 months the amortization period for reforestation expenditures and to increase to $25,000 the maximum annual amount of such expenditures…

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce to 36 months the amortization period for reforestation expenditures and to increase to $25,000 the maximum annual amount of such expenditures which may be amortized.

Introduced: May 25, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 25, 1999
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from 84 to 36 months the amortization period for reforestation expenditures and to increase from $10,000 to $25,000 the maximum amount of such expenditures which may be amortized annually.
What's happening now May 25, 1999

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Sessions, Pete
Texas · May 25, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1916: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce to 36 months the amortization period for reforestation expenditures and to increase to $25,000 the maximum annual amount of such expenditures which may be amortized.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1916/
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"H.R. 1916: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce to 36 months the amortization period for reforestation expenditures and to increase to $25,000 the maximum annual amount of such expenditures which may be amortized.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1916/.
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H.R. 1916, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1916/.
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[H.R. 1916: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce to 36 months the amortization period for reforestation expenditures and to increase to $25,000 the maximum annual amount of such expenditures which may be amortized.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1916/)
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