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Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2007

Introduced: May 7, 2007 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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May 7, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 7, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt certain distributions, including dividends, by S corporations to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) from the penalty tax for premature employee benefit plan withdrawals; (2) exempt deductions for ESOP dividends from corporate alternative minimum tax adjustments based on adjusted earnings and profits; (3) allow deferral of the recognition of gain for certain sales to ESOPs sponsored by any domestic corporation, including S corporations; (4) allow reinvestment of ESOP stock proceeds eligible for nonrecognition of gain in certain mutual funds; (5) modify certain ESOP stock ownership rules; and (6) allow a de minimis exception from pension plan investment diversification requirements for ESOP accounts with balances of $2,500 or less.

What's happening now May 7, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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