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S. 2156

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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for S corporation reform, and for other purposes.
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Committee
Latest Action · July 18, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S4950-4952)
Congress
116th (2019–2021)
Introduced
July 18, 2019
Cosponsors (2)
1D 1R
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S Corporation Modernization Act of 2019 This bill modifies the tax treatment of  S corporations (pass thru entities) to increase from 25% to 60% of S corporation gross receipts the threshold for taxing S corporations with passive investment income; eliminate a provision terminating the status of  S corporations with excessive passive investment income for three consecutive years; permit S corporations to have individual retirement accounts as shareholders; allow an adjustment to the basis of an S corporation's assets upon the death of a shareholder, in the form of a 15-year amortization deduction; and permit the Internal Revenue Service to treat a late revocation of  S corporation status as timely if it finds there was reasonable cause for failure to make a timely revocation.

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