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Small Business Tax Certainty and Growth Act of 2013

Introduced: June 3, 2013 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Jun 3, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 3, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3908)
Jun 3, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Small Business Tax Certainty and Growth Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should undertake comprehensive tax reform to make the tax system fairer and simpler and to promote economic growth.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the increased tax deductions for business start-up expenditures, organizational expenditures, and organization and syndication fees; (2) allow the cash accounting method for businesses whose gross receipts do not exceed $10 million (currently, $5 million); (3) exempt businesses whose gross receipts do not exceed $10 million from the requirement to use inventories; (4) make permanent the $250,000 allowance for expensing business assets, including computer software; (5) extend for one year the additional depreciation allowance for business assets; and (6) extend through 2014 the 15-year straight-line depreciation allowance for qualified leasehold, restaurant, and retail improvements.

What's happening now June 3, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 7
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