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S 1864 109th Congress Senate Taxation Agricultural machinery Agriculture and Food Commerce Depreciation and amortization Income tax Tax deductions

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.

Introduced: October 7, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Oct 7, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 7, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a five-year depreciation recovery period for certain farming business machinery or equipment placed in service before January 1, 2010.

What's happening now October 7, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4236 Identical bill To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property…
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Oct 7, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1864: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1864/
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"S. 1864: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1864/.
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S. 1864, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1864/.
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[S. 1864: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1864/)
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