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HR 2883 97th Congress House Taxation Fire departments Fire fighters Fires and Fire Fighters Government securities Income tax Interest Local and Municipal Government Local finance Securities and Investments Tax exclusion Tax-exempt securities Volunteer workers

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to clarify the tax exemption for interest on obligations of volunteer fire departments.

Introduced: March 26, 1981 See on congress.gov
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Mar 26, 1981
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 26, 1981
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that bonds issued by a volunteer fire department to finance the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or improvement of firefighting property shall be treated as obligations of a local government and the interest on such bonds shall be excluded from gross income. Provides that a volunteer fire department qualifies for such tax treatment of its bonds if it: (1) is organized and operated to provide firefighting services in an area which does not have any other firefighting services; (2) is required by a local government to furnish firefighting services; (3) receives over half of its funding from local government; and (4) makes no charge for its services.

What's happening now March 26, 1981

Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

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