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S 1381 111th Congress Senate

Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2009

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax relief for small businesses, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 25, 2009 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
Taxation Business investment and capitalCapital gains taxComputers and information technologyHealth care costs and insurance
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Income tax creditsIncome tax deductionsIncome tax exclusionIncome tax ratesSecuritiesSelf-employedSmall business
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Jun 25, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7094-7095)
Jun 25, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7091-7094)
Jun 25, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 25, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7094-7095)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to small business to: (1) increase and make permanent the election to expense small business assets, including computer software, in the current taxable year; (2) reduce graduated tax rates for corporations with taxable incomes of less than $10 million; (3) exempt income attributable to business tax credits from the alternative minimum tax (AMT); (4) allow five-year carrybacks for business tax credits and small business net operating losses; (5) allow an enhanced tax deduction for income attributable to small business domestic production activities; (6) reduce to five years the recognition period for the built-in gains of S corporations; (7) exclude from gross income all gain from the sale of certain small business stock before 2011; and (8) allow a deduction from the income of self-employed individuals for health insurance costs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1381: Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1381/
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"S. 1381: Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1381/.
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S. 1381, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1381/.
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