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HR 7125 110th Congress House Taxation Excise tax Finance and Financial Sector Financial services Investments Securities

Let Wall Street Pay for Wall Street's Illiquid Assets Act of 2008

Introduced: September 26, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Sep 26, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 26, 2008
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Let Wall Street Pay for Wall Street's Illiquid Assets Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on securities or commodity transactions equal to 0.25% of the value of the instruments involved in such transactions. Makes such tax payable by the trading facility on which such transactions occur.

What's happening now September 26, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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