Former Insurance Agents Tax Equity Act of 2001

Former Insurance Agents Tax Equity Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Social Security Act with respect to the exemption from the self-employment tax for certain termination payments received by former insurance salesmen. Repeals the requirement that the amount of such a payment not depend to any extent on length of service or overall earnings from services performed for the former insurance company.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1134 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1134

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the exemption from 
 the self-employment tax for certain termination payments received by 
                    former life insurance salesmen.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2001

 Mr. Weller (for himself, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, and Mr. 
   Pomeroy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the exemption from 
 the self-employment tax for certain termination payments received by 
                    former life insurance salesmen.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Former Insurance Agents Tax Equity 
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF EXEMPTION FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT TAX FOR CERTAIN 
              TERMINATION PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY FORMER INSURANCE 
              SALESMEN.

    (a) Internal Revenue Code.--Paragraph (4) of section 1402(k) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to codification of treatment of 
certain termination payments received by former insurance salesmen) is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(4) the amount of such payment depends primarily on 
        policies sold by or credited to the account of such individual 
        or the extent to which such policies remain in force for some 
        period after such termination, or both.''.
    (b) Social Security Act.--Paragraph (4) of section 211(j) of the 
Social Security Act is amended to read as follows:
            ``(4) the amount of such payment depends primarily on 
        policies sold by or credited to the account of such individual 
        or the extent to which such policies remain in force for some 
        period after such termination, or both.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to payments after December 31, 2001.
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