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HR 3345 115th Congress House

Veterans Jobs Opportunity Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a small business start-up tax credit for veterans creating businesses in underserved communities.

Introduced: November 7, 2017 See on congress.gov
Taxation Business investment and capitalEconomic developmentIncome tax creditsPoverty and welfare assistance
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Small businessVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 20, 2017
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 Latest action July 20, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Jobs Opportunity Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new business-related tax credit for the start-up expenses of a veteran-owned small business in an underserved community.

The allowable amount of such credit is 15% of start-up expenditures that do not exceed $80,000. To be eligible for the credit, the small business must (1) be owned and controlled by one or more veterans or spouses of veterans, and (2) have a principal place of business in an underserved community.

An "underserved community" is any area located within: (1) a HUBZone (as defined by the Small Business Act), (2) an empowerment zone or an enterprise community, (3) an area of low income or moderate income (as recognized by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council), or (4) a county with persistent poverty (as classified by the Economic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture).

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3345: Veterans Jobs Opportunity Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3345/
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