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HR 1062 109th Congress House Taxation Accounting Capital investments Commerce Depreciation and amortization Finance and Financial Sector Income tax Retail trade Shopping centers Tax deductions

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain improvements to retail space.

Introduced: March 2, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 2, 2005
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow qualified retail improvement property a 15-year recovery period for purposes of the tax deduction for depreciation. Defines such property as any improvement to an interior portion of a building which is nonresidential real property, if: (1) such portion is open to the general public and is used in the trade or business of selling tangible personal property or services to the general public; and (2) such improvement is placed in service more than three years after the date the building was first placed in service. Excludes specified improvements, including the enlargement of a building, any elevator or escalator, or the internal structural framework of a building.

What's happening now March 2, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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