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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain improvements to retail space.

6/28/2007--Introduced.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow qualified retail improvement property a 15-year recovery period for purposes of the tax deduction for depreciation. Defines such property as any improvement to an interior portion of a building which is nonresidential real property, if: (1) such portion is open to the general public and is used in the trade or business of selling tangible personal property or services to the general public; and (2) such improvement is placed in service more than three years after the date the building was first placed in service. Excludes specified improvements, including the enlargement of a building, any elevator or escalator, or the internal structural framework of a building.

Latest Actions
  • 06/28/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1454-1455)
  • 06/28/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Bill Text
File name Last Updated
H.R.2936 Introduced in House08/31/2007