To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of capital losses which may offset ordinary income.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $3,000 to $9,000 the limitation on the deduction for the capital losses of individual taxpayers. Provides for an annual inflation adjustment of the limitation amount.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4075 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4075

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of 
            capital losses which may offset ordinary income.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2004

 Mr. Smith of Michigan (for himself, Mr. Hostettler, and Mr. Miller of 
   Florida) 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 increase the amount of 
            capital losses which may offset ordinary income.

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

SECTION 1. INCREASE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL LOSSES WHICH MAY OFFSET ORDINARY 
              INCOME.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 1211(b) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to limitation on capital losses for 
taxpayers other than corporations) is amended by striking ``$3,000 
($1,500'' and inserting ``$9,000 (1/2 such amount''.
    (b) Adjustment for Inflation.--Section 1211 of such Code (relating 
to limitation on capital losses) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(c) Adjustment for Inflation.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of any taxable year 
        beginning in a calendar year after 2004, the $9,000 amount 
        contained in subsection (b)(1) shall be increased by an amount 
        equal to--
                    ``(A) such amount, multiplied by
                    ``(B) the cost-of-living adjustment determined 
                under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which 
                the taxable year begins by substituting `calendar year 
                2003' for `calendar year 1992' in subparagraph (B) 
                thereof.
            ``(2) Rounding.--If any increase determined under paragraph 
        (1) is not a multiple of $1,000, such increase shall be rounded 
        to the next highest multiple of $1,000.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2003.
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