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S 480 117th Congress Senate Taxation Income tax deductions Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Main Street Tax Certainty Act

Introduced: February 25, 2021 Introduced by: Daines, Steve Republican · Montana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 25, 2021
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Main Street Tax Certainty Act

This bill makes permanent the tax deduction for qualified business income. (Under current law, the deduction expires after December 31, 2025.)

Qualified business income is defined as the net amount of qualified items of income, gain, deduction and loss with respect to any trade or business, excluding capital gains or losses, dividends, interest income, or income earned outside the U.S.

What's happening now February 25, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1381 Identical bill Main Street Tax Certainty Act
  • S 126 Related bill A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the individual tax provisions of the tax reform law…
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Republican 9
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Sep 20, 2022
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Sep 28, 2021
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Jun 10, 2021
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Paul, Rand
Kentucky · May 24, 2021
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Apr 28, 2021
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Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Apr 14, 2021
Blunt, Roy
· Mar 16, 2021
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Kennedy, John
Louisiana · Mar 16, 2021
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Feb 25, 2021
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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Feb 25, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 480: Main Street Tax Certainty Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-480/
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"S. 480: Main Street Tax Certainty Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-480/.
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S. 480, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-480/.
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