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S 1612 111th Congress Senate Taxation Employee benefits and pensions Financial services and investments Government lending and loan guarantees Income tax deductions Income tax exclusion Income tax rates Interest, dividends, interest rates Securities Small business

Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2009

Introduced: August 6, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Aug 6, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 6, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2009 - 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; and (5) modify certain ESOP stock ownership rules.

Amends the Small Business Act to allow a majority-owned ESOP business concern to continue to qualify for loans, preferences, and other programs under such Act.

What's happening now August 6, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5207 Related bill Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2010
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 11, 2010
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Nov 10, 2009
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Sep 29, 2009
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Sep 15, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1612: Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1612/
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"S. 1612: Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1612/.
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S. 1612, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1612/.
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