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HR 5644 111th Congress House

End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act of 2010

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies.

Introduced: June 30, 2010 See on congress.gov
Taxation Accounting and auditingBusiness investment and capitalCoalIncome tax credits
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Income tax deductionsOil and gas
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 30, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1252)
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 Latest action June 30, 2010

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require seven-year amortization of the geological and geophysical expenditures of covered large oil companies. Defines "covered large oil company" as a taxpayer which is a major integrated oil company or which has gross receipts in excess of $50 million in a taxable year.

Denies certain tax benefits to any taxpayer that is not a small, independent oil and gas company, including: (1) the tax credits for producing oil and gas from marginal wells and for enhanced oil recovery; (2) expensing of intangible drilling and development costs in the case of gas wells and geothermal wells; (3) percentage depletion; (4) the tax deduction for qualified tertiary injectant expenses; (5) the exemption from limitations on passive activity losses; and (6) the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities.

Prohibits the use of the last-in, first-out (LIFO) accounting method by major integrated oil companies.

Denies the election to expense the cost of refinery property which is used to process liquid fuel from tar sands, shale, or coal (including lignite).

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5644: End Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5644/
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