Description of Revenue Provisions Contained in the President's Fiscal Year ... Budget Proposal

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000
 

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Family and Work Incentive Provisions
98
Increase expand and simplify the dependent care credit
103
Provide tax incentives for employerprovided child care facilities
109
E Savings Retirement Security and Portability Provisions
112
Small business tax credit for qualified retirement plan contributions
115
Small business tax credit for new retirement plan expenses
118
Promote Individual Retirement Account contributions through payroll deduction
119
The SMART plan a simplified pension plan for small business
121
Enhancements to SIMPLE 401k plan nonelective contribution alternative
126
Eliminate IRS user fees for initial determination letters for small businesses adopting a qualified retirement plan for the first time
129
Simplify prohibited transaction provisions for loans to individuals who are S corporation owners or selfemployed
130
Provide faster vesting for employer contributions to qualified retirement plans
133
Count FMLA time toward retirement vesting and participation requirements
134
Increase defined contribution plan percentage of pay limitation
135
Certain elective contributions not taken into account for purposes of deduction limits
137
Conform definition of compensation for purposes of deduction limits
139
Improve benefits of nonhighly compensated employees under 401k safe harbor plans
140
Simplify definition of highly compensated employee
143
Tax treatment of the division of section 457 plan benefits upon divorce
144
Benefit limits for multiemployer plans under section 415
160
F Individual Alternative Minimum Tax Provisions
166
Simplify and increase the standard deduction for dependents
180
Index maximum exclusion for capital gain on the sale of principal
186
Enhance section 179 expensing for small businesses
193
Simplify the foreign tax credit limitation for dividends from 1050
200
Translation of foreign withholding taxes by accrual basis taxpayers
207
G Philanthropy Provisions
224
211
229
H Energy Efficiency and Environmental Provisions
245
Electricity Restructuring
261
J International Trade Provisions
271
PROVISIONS INCREASING REVENUES
280
Require accrual of the time value element on forward sale of corporate stock
300
Modify treatment of ESOP as S corporation shareholder
304
Limit dividend treatment for payments on selfamortizing stock
307
Prevent serial liquidations of U S subsidiaries of foreign corporations
309
Modify and clarify certain rules relating to debtfordebt exchanges
335
Modify and clarify straddle rules
340
Provide generalized rules for all incomestripping transactions
348
Require ordinary treatment for options dealers and commodities dealers
358
Prohibit tax deferral on contributions of appreciated property to swap funds
360
Provisions Affecting Corporations and PassThrough Entities
363
Treat receipt of tracking stock as property
366
Require consistent treatment and provide basis allocation rules for transfers of intangibles in certain nonrecognition transactions
369
Modify tax treatment of certain reorganizations in which portfolio interests in stock disappear
371
Clarify definition of nonqualified preferred stock
374
Clarify rules for payment of estimated taxes for certain deemed asset sales
375
Modify treatment of transfers to creditors in divisive reorganizations
376
Provide mandatory basis adjustments if partners have significant builtin loss in partnership property
378
Modify treatment of closelyheld REITS
383
Apply RIC excise tax to undistributed profits of REITS
385
Allow RICS a dividends paid deduction for redemptions only if the redemption represents a contraction
387
Require REMICS to be secondarily liable for the tax liability of REMIC residual interest holders
393
Deny change in method treatment in taxfree transactions
398
Deny deduction for punitive damages
403
Repeal the lower of cost or market inventory accounting method
405
Disallow interest on debt allocable to taxexempt obligations
407
Capitalization of commissions by mutual fund distributors
411
Cost Recovery Provisions
413
Establish specific class lives for utility grading costs
414
Extend the presentlaw intangible amortization provisions to acquisitions of sports franchises
416
E Insurance Provisions
418
Modify rules for capitalizing policy acquisition costs of insurance companies
421
Increase the proration percentage for property and casualty insurance companies
425
Modify treatment of sales of life insurance contracts
428
Modify qualification rules for taxexempt property and casualty insurance companies
432
F TaxExempt Organization Provisions
435
Penalty for failure to file Form 5227
440
G Estate and Gift Tax Provisions
442
H Pension Provisions
462
Compliance Provisions
478
J Miscellaneous RevenueIncreasing Provisions
485

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Page 81 - The credit also is available to an individual, regardless of age, who is retired on disability and who was permanently and totally disabled at retirement. For this purpose, an individual is considered permanently and totally disabled if he or she is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death, or that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than...
Page 451 - The fair market value is the price at which the property would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or sell and both having reasonable knowledge of relevant facts.
Page 364 - reorganization" means (A) a statutory merger or consolidation, or (B) the acquisition by one corporation in exchange solely for all or a part of its voting stock : of at least 80 per centum of the voting stock and at least 80 per centum of the total number of shares of all other classes of stock of another corporation...
Page 363 - ... at least 80 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote, and at least 80 percent of the total number of shares of all other classes of stock (except nonvoting stock which is limited and preferred as to dividends...
Page 531 - States, the factors taken into account shall include whether — (A) the income, gain, or loss is derived from assets used in or held for use in the conduct of such trade or business, or (B) the activities of such trade or business were a material factor in the realization of the income, gain, or loss.
Page 193 - In general, qualifying property is defined as depreciable tangible personal property that is purchased for use in the active conduct of a trade or business. The...
Page 66 - ... (b) In general, the amounts referred to in paragraph (a) of this section include amounts paid or incurred (1) to add to the value, or substantially prolong the useful life, of property owned by the taxpayer, such as plant or equipment, or (2) to adapt property to a new or different use.
Page 186 - To be eligible for the exclusion, a taxpayer must have owned the residence and occupied it as a principal residence for at least two of the five years prior to the sale or exchange.
Page 383 - ... through the ownership, directly or indirectly, of 50 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote or 50 percent or more of the total value of shares of all classes of stock of the corporation.
Page 531 - Income that is effectively connected with the conduct of a US trade or business is taxed at the graduated rates applicable to US citizens and residents.

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