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S 627 106th Congress Senate

Tax Code Termination Act

Official title: A bill to terminate the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Introduced: March 16, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 16, 1999
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 Latest action March 16, 1999

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Tax Code Termination Act Declares that no tax (except the tax on self-employment income and the taxes relating to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act and the Railroad Retirement Tax Act) shall be imposed by the Internal Revenue Code for any taxable year beginning after, or on any taxable event or for any period after, December 31, 2003.

Declares that any new Federal tax system should be: (1) simple and fair; (2) apply a low rate to all Americans; (3) provide tax relief for working Americans; (4) protect the rights of taxpayers and reduce tax collection abuses; (5) eliminate the bias against savings and investment; (6) promote economic growth and job creation; (7) not penalize marriage or families; and (8) receive congressional approval in its final form by July 4, 2003.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 627: Tax Code Termination Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-627/
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