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HR 4265 112th Congress House Taxation Budget deficits and national debt Constitution and constitutional amendments Income tax rates

Shared Responsibility in Preserving America's Future Act

Introduced: March 27, 2012 Introduced by: Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Shared Responsibility in Preserving America's Future Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose, in taxable years beginning after 2012 and before 2023, an additional 5% tax on individual taxpayers whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million (adjusted for inflation after 2013). Defines "modified adjusted gross income" as adjusted gross income reduced by the excess of: (1) gross income from a trade or business which is not a passive activity and with respect to which wages are paid to at least one full-time equivalent employee, over (2) the tax deductions properly allocable to such income. 

Makes this additional tax contingent upon the submission and ratification of a proposed amendment to the Constitution requiring a balanced budget or limiting spending.

What's happening now March 27, 2012

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4265: Shared Responsibility in Preserving America's Future Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4265/
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"H.R. 4265: Shared Responsibility in Preserving America's Future Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4265/.
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H.R. 4265, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4265/.
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