H.R. 4457 · 113th Congress
America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2014
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17 cosponsors · 6 D, 11 R
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- House Introduced Apr 10, 2014
- House Passed Jun 12, 2014 272–144
America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the expensing allowance for depreciable business property, to make permanent: (1) the increased $500,000 expensing allowance for such property, (2) the increased $2,000,000 threshold amount for such property over which the amount of the expensing allowance is…
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · Jun 12, 2014
America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the expensing allowance for depreciable business property, to make permanent: (1) the increased $500,000 expensing allowance for such property, (2) the increased $2,000,000 threshold amount for such property over which the amount of the expensing allowance is reduced, (3) expensing of computer software, and (4) rules for the expensing of qualified real property (i.e., leasehold improvement, restaurant, and retail improvement property). Allow an inflation adjustment to the dollar amounts of the expensing allowance for taxable years beginning after 2014. Eliminates the exclusion of air conditioning and heating units as property eligible for the expensing allowance.
Prohibits the entry of the budgetary effects of this Act on any PAYGO (Pay-As-You-Go) scorecard.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
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About this bill and sources
Official title: America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2014
Latest action (Jun 17, 2014): Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 434.
Policy area: Taxation · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 10, 2014
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- House Introduced Apr 10, 2014
- House Passed Jun 12, 2014 272–144
Final vote · House · Jun 12, 2014
Passage — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: John A. Boehner
Table of every position
All recorded votes (2)
- Passage Passed
House · Jun 12, 2014 · “On Passage” · Speaker: John A. Boehner - Sending back to committee (motion to recommit) Failed
House · Jun 12, 2014 · “On Motion to Recommit with Instructions” · Speaker: John A. Boehner