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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the deduction for depreciation.

4/24/2007--Introduced.

Tax Depreciation, Modernization, and Simplification Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to modify or create new class lives for depreciable business assets that reasonably reflect anticipated useful life and decline in value; (2) eliminate the mid-quarter accounting convention for determining depreciation; (3) allow an election to consolidate, in a mass asset account, the accounting of depreciable properties that each cost less than $10,000; and (4) extend permanently the $100,000 expensing allowance for depreciable business assets.

Latest Actions
  • 04/24/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4924-4925)
  • 04/24/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bill Text
File name Last Updated
S.1197 Introduced in Senate08/31/2007