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HR 341 115th Congress House

Support Our Startups Act of 2017

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for start-up expenditures for business for 2017 and 2018.

Introduced: January 5, 2017 See on congress.gov
Taxation Business investment and capitalIncome tax deductionsSmall business
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 Latest action January 5, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Support Our Startups Act of 2017

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount of the tax deduction for business start-up expenses for taxable years beginning in 2017 or 2018.

Under current law, start-up expenses are paid or incurred in connection with: (1) investigating the creation or acquisition of an active trade or business; (2) creating an active trade or business; or (3) any activity engaged in for profit and for the production of income before the day on which the active trade or business begins, in anticipation of the activity becoming an active trade or business.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 341: Support Our Startups Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-341/
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"H.R. 341: Support Our Startups Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-341/.
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H.R. 341, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-341/.
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