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HR 111 115th Congress House Taxation Business investment and capital Income tax deductions Small business

Support Our Start-Ups Act

Introduced: April 3, 2017 Introduced by: Buchanan, Vern Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 3, 2017
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Support Our Start-Ups Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax deduction for new business expenditures to organizational expenditures, generally defined as expenditures incident to the creation of a corporation or a partnership.

The bill also increases the maximum deduction amount for start-up and organizational expenditures from $5,000 to $20,000 and increases from $50,000 to $120,000 the threshold amount after which the maximum deduction amount for such expenditures is reduced.

What's happening now January 3, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 6756 Related bill American Innovation Act of 2018
  • S 1984 Identical bill Support Our Start-Ups Act
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All 2 Republican 1
Curbelo, Carlos
· Apr 3, 2017
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Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Jan 3, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 111: Support Our Start-Ups Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-111/
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