To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the recognition period for built-in gains for subchapter S corporations.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from ten to seven years the period during which certain built-in gains of subchapter S corporations are subject to tax.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2239 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2239

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the recognition 
        period for built-in gains for subchapter S corporations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2005

  Mr. Ramstad (for himself, Mr. Herger, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
  English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Foley, and Mr. Cantor) 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 reduce the recognition 
        period for built-in gains for subchapter S corporations.

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

SECTION 1. REDUCED RECOGNITION PERIOD FOR BUILT-IN GAINS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (7) of section 1374(d) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to definitions and special rules) is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(7) Recognition period.--The term `recognition period' 
        means the 7-year period beginning with the 1st day of the 1st 
        taxable year for which the corporation was an S corporation. 
        For purposes of applying this section to any amount includible 
        in income by reason of distributions to shareholders pursuant 
        to section 593(e), the preceding sentence shall be applied 
        without regard to the duration of the recognition period in 
        effect on the date of such distribution.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) General rule.--The amendment made by this section shall 
        apply to any recognition period in effect on or after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Special application to existing periods exceeding 7 
        years.--Any recognition period in effect on the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the length of which is greater than 7 
        years, shall end on such date.
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