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HR 4045 115th Congress House

ROOT for Mainstreet Businesses Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for shareholder ownership and passive income rules of the personal holding company tax provisions.

Introduced: October 12, 2017 Introduced by: Barr, Andy Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
Taxation Corporate finance and managementIncome tax rates
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 12, 2017
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 Latest action October 12, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Removing Onerous Obstacles in the Tax code for Mainstreet Businesses Act or the ROOT for Mainstreet Businesses Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax treatment of personal holding companies.

The bill excludes from the definition of "personal holding company" a corporation with greater than 50% stock ownership held by nonresident alien individuals with no effectively connected income under tax provisions regarding expatriation to avoid tax or the taxation of nonresident alien individuals.

The bill also excludes from personal holding company income certain rents and royalties that are derived in the active conduct of a trade or business and are not received from a related person.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4045: ROOT for Mainstreet Businesses Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4045/
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"H.R. 4045: ROOT for Mainstreet Businesses Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4045/.
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H.R. 4045, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4045/.
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