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Latest Action: 11/16/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the alternative minimum tax credit amount for individuals with long-term unused credits for prior year minimum tax liability, and for other purposes. 11/16/2007--Introduced. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the alternative minimum tax (AMT) refundable credit amount for individuals who have long-term unused minimum tax credits from prior taxable years; and (2) abate any underpayment of tax attributable to the application of special AMT rules for the treatment of incentive stock options.
Latest Action: 09/28/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12335-12339) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that corporate tax benefits based upon stock option compensation expenses be consistent with accounting expenses shown in corporate financial statements for such compensation. 9/28/2007--Introduced. Ending Corporate Tax Favors for Stock Options Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) limit the employer tax deduction for stock options granted to its employees to the value of such options as recorded on the employer's books at the time such options are granted; and (2) apply the $1 million limitation on the employer tax deduction for employee remuneration to stock option compensation.
Latest Action: 10/16/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the AMT refundable credit amount for individuals with long-term unused credits for prior year minimum tax liability, and for other purposes. 10/16/2007--Introduced. AMT Credit Fairness and Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the alternative minimum tax (AMT) refundable credit amount for individuals who have long-term unused minimum tax credits from prior taxable years; and (2) abate any underpayment of tax attributable to the application of special AMT rules for the treatment of incentive stock options.
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Latest Action: 07/29/2008 - Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure [Record Vote Number 150] agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7594) Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. 5/21/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 20, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 -Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend expiring tax provisions, and to extend tax benefits to individual and business taxpayers. Title I: Energy Tax Incentives - Subtitle A: Energy Production Incentives - Part I: Renewable Energy Incentives - (Sec. 101) Extends: (1) through 2009 the tax credit for producing electricity from qualified wind facilities; and (2) through 2011 the tax credits for producing electricity [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 12/26/2007 - Became Public Law No: 110-166. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. 12/26/2007--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 6, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2007 for individual taxpayers: (1) the increased alternative minimum tax (AMT) exemption amounts; and (2) the offset of nonrefundable personal tax credits against regular and AMT liability.
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Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide individuals temporary relief from the alternative minimum tax, and for other purposes. 12/12/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)AMT Relief Act of 2007 - Title I: Individual Tax Relief - (Sec. 101) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2007 for individual taxpayers: (1) the offset of nonrefundable personal tax credits against regular and alternative minimum tax (AMT) liability; and (2) the increased AMT exemption amounts.(Sec. 103) Increases the AMT refundable credit amount for individual taxpayers with long-term unused tax credits in prior taxable years. Abates any underpayment of tax and related interest and penalties attributable to the application of special AMT rules for the treatment of incentive [...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Air pollution, Alabama, Alcoholic beverages, Alternative energy sources, Armed forces, Biomass energy, Bonds, Books, Building construction, Business, Capital gains tax, Carbon dioxide, Cellulose, Charitable contributions, Children, Civil rights, Clean coal technology, Climate change, Coal, Coal gasification, College costs, Computers, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction costs, Corporation taxes, Criminal justice, Curricula, Defense policy, Depreciation and amortization, Diesel motor, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, District of Columbia, Earned income tax credit, Economic policy, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Educational technology, Electric appliances, Electric vehicles, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency management, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy efficiency, Energy industries, Enterprise zones, Environmental protection, Excise tax, Finance, Food, Foreign corporations, Foreign policy, Foreign tax credit, Fuel cells, Geothermal resources, Governmental investigations, Greenhouse gases, Health insurance, Health policy, Higher education, Home repair and improvement, Housing, Humanities, Hurricanes, Hydroelectric plants, Hydroelectric power, Incineration, Income tax, Indians, Individual retirement accounts, Interest, International affairs, Inventories, Investment tax credit, Irrigation, Labor, Landfills, Law, Leases, Legal fees, Legal services, Local taxation, Losses, Louisiana, Marine resources, Medical care, Medicine, Mental health services, Methane, Military pay, Minimum tax, Minorities, Minority employment, Mississippi, Mortgages, Motion pictures, Mutual funds, Natural resources, New York City, New York State, Ocean energy resources, Pensions, Property tax, Public-private partnerships, Puerto Rico, Railroad engineering, Refuse as fuel, Research and development tax credit, Restaurants, Science policy, Service stations, Small business, Solar energy, Solid wastes, Sports, Sports facilities, State and local government, State taxation, Stocks, Subsidiary corporations, Tax administration, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax evasion, Tax exclusion, Tax exemption, Tax penalties, Tax preparers, Tax rates, Tax refunds, Tax returns, Tax-exempt organizations, Taxation, Teachers, Teaching materials, Technology, Telecommunication, Television industry, Terrorism, Trade, Transportation, Undercover operations, Urban affairs, Urban economic development, Veterans, Veterans' benefits, Water resources, Welfare
Latest Action: 07/29/2008 - Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure [Record Vote Number 150] agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7594) Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. 5/21/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 20, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 -Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend expiring tax provisions, and to extend tax benefits to individual and business taxpayers. Title I: Energy Tax Incentives - Subtitle A: Energy Production Incentives - Part I: Renewable Energy Incentives - (Sec. 101) Extends: (1) through 2009 the tax credit for producing electricity from qualified wind facilities; and (2) through 2011 the tax credits for producing electricity [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Children, Corporation taxes, Department of the Treasury, Executive departments, Families, Finance, Foreign corporations, Foreign tax credit, Income tax, Interest, Labor, Law, Minimum tax, Partnerships, Pensions, Small business, Tax administration, Tax credits, Tax evasion, Tax exemption, Tax penalties, Tax refunds, Tax returns, Tax-deferred compensation plans, Taxation, Taxation of foreign income, Trade
Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide individuals temporary relief from the alternative minimum tax, and for other purposes. 12/12/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)AMT Relief Act of 2007 - Title I: Individual Tax Relief - (Sec. 101) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2007 for individual taxpayers: (1) the offset of nonrefundable personal tax credits against regular and alternative minimum tax (AMT) liability; and (2) the increased AMT exemption amounts.(Sec. 103) Increases the AMT refundable credit amount for individual taxpayers with long-term unused tax credits in prior taxable years. Abates any underpayment of tax and related interest and penalties attributable to the application of special AMT rules for the treatment of incentive [...] show full description
Latest Action: 11/16/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the alternative minimum tax credit amount for individuals with long-term unused credits for prior year minimum tax liability, and for other purposes. 11/16/2007--Introduced. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the alternative minimum tax (AMT) refundable credit amount for individuals who have long-term unused minimum tax credits from prior taxable years; and (2) abate any underpayment of tax attributable to the application of special AMT rules for the treatment of incentive stock options.
Also tagged in: Alabama, Alcohol tax, American Samoa, Armed forces, Bonds, Books, Brokers, Brownfields, Budgets, Business, Caribbean area, Charitable contributions, Children, Civil rights, Collection of accounts, College costs, Computer software, Computers, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Cooperative housing, Corporation taxes, Criminal justice, Debt, Defense policy, Depreciation and amortization, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, District of Columbia, Dividends, Earned income tax credit, Economic development, Economic policy, Education, Educational technology, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Employment, Environmental protection, Estate tax, Expatriation, Families, Federal aid to education, Federal-local relations, Finance, Food, Foreign corporations, Foreign tax credit, Gift tax, Government contractors, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Government travel, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste sites, Hazardous wastes, Health insurance, Higher education, Home ownership, Housing, Housing finance, Humanities, Hurricanes, Immigration, Income tax, Indian lands, Indians, Individual retirement accounts, Industrial research, Insurance premiums, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Investments, Labor, Leases, Liability for environmental damages, Local taxation, Louisiana, Maintenance and repair, Mental health services, Mental illness, Military pay, Military personnel, Minimum tax, Minorities, Mississippi, Mortgage guaranty insurance, Mortgages, Mutual funds, Natural resources, Nature conservation, Partnerships, Pensions, Property tax, Public contracts, Puerto Rico, Railroads, Research and development tax credit, Restaurants, Sales tax, Scholarships, School buildings, Secondary education, Securities industry, Social security taxes, Solid wastes, Sports, Sports facilities, State and local government, State legislators, State taxation, Stocks, Student loan funds, Subsidiary corporations, Surety and fidelity, Tariff, Tax administration, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax deferral, Tax evasion, Tax exclusion, Tax incentives, Tax penalties, Tax refunds, Tax returns, Tax-deferred compensation plans, Tax-exempt organizations, Taxation, Taxation of foreign income, Teachers, Teaching materials, Technology, Terrorism, Trade, Transportation, Travel costs, Undercover operations, Valuation, Veterans, Veterans' benefits, Virgin Islands, Welfare, Wine, Withholding tax
Latest Action: 12/26/2007 - Became Public Law No: 110-166. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. 12/26/2007--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 6, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2007 for individual taxpayers: (1) the increased alternative minimum tax (AMT) exemption amounts; and (2) the offset of nonrefundable personal tax credits against regular and AMT liability.
Latest Action: 10/16/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the AMT refundable credit amount for individuals with long-term unused credits for prior year minimum tax liability, and for other purposes. 10/16/2007--Introduced. AMT Credit Fairness and Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the alternative minimum tax (AMT) refundable credit amount for individuals who have long-term unused minimum tax credits from prior taxable years; and (2) abate any underpayment of tax attributable to the application of special AMT rules for the treatment of incentive stock options.
Latest Action: 09/28/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12335-12339) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that corporate tax benefits based upon stock option compensation expenses be consistent with accounting expenses shown in corporate financial statements for such compensation. 9/28/2007--Introduced. Ending Corporate Tax Favors for Stock Options Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) limit the employer tax deduction for stock options granted to its employees to the value of such options as recorded on the employer's books at the time such options are granted; and (2) apply the $1 million limitation on the employer tax deduction for employee remuneration to stock option compensation.
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