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Top Ten Terrible Tax Act of 1999

Introduced: July 1, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Jul 30, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
Jul 1, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 1, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5183-5184)
Jul 1, 1999
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Top Ten Terrible Tax Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) to provide for the phaseout and repeal of the estate and gift taxes over a ten year period; (2) repeal the communications services excise tax; (3) make the standard deduction for joint filers twice that of single filers and the tax rate on a single filer's return one-half the rate of a jointly filed return; (4) to provide for the phaseout and repeal of the capital gains taxes over a ten year period; (5) repeal the excise tax on vaccines; (6) repeal the excise tax on sport fishing equipment and revise the excise tax on bows and arrows; (7) repeal the 1993 income tax increase on social security benefits; (8) in general, exclude dividends and interest from gross income; and (9) repeal the 1993 increases in motor fuel taxes. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to repeal the universal service charge.
What's happening now July 30, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1