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HR 3178 111th Congress House Taxation Business investment and capital Income tax deductions Small business

Small Business Growth Act of 2009

Introduced: July 10, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Jul 10, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 10, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1725)
Jul 10, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Small Business Growth Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow small business taxpayers with gross receipts of $5 million or less to elect to expense certain depreciable real property in the year such property is placed in service. Limits the amount of such expensing allowance to $125,000, adjusted for inflation after 2009.

What's happening now July 10, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Sep 23, 2009
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jul 31, 2009
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jul 31, 2009
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Jul 10, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3178: Small Business Growth Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3178/
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"H.R. 3178: Small Business Growth Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3178/.
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H.R. 3178, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3178/.
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