Simplification Through Additional Reporting Tax Act of 2007

Simplification Through Additional Reporting Tax Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include within the reporting requirements of investment brokers the adjusted basis of any security owned by customers of such brokers.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 878 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 878

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require broker reporting 
of customer's basis in securities transactions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2007

 Mr. Emanuel (for himself, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Bishop of 
New York, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, 
  Mr. Sires, and Ms. Hirono) 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 require broker reporting 
of customer's basis in securities transactions, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Simplification Through Additional 
Reporting Tax Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. BROKER REPORTING OF CUSTOMER'S BASIS IN SECURITIES 
              TRANSACTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 6045 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(relating to returns of brokers) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(g) Additional Information Required in the Case of Securities 
Transactions.--
            ``(1) In general.--If a broker is otherwise required to 
        make a return under subsection (a) with respect to any 
        applicable security, the broker shall include in such return 
        the information described in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Additional information required.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The information required under 
                paragraph (1) to be shown on a return with respect to 
                an applicable security of a customer shall include for 
                each reported applicable security the customer's 
                adjusted basis in such security.
                    ``(B) Exemption from requirement.--The Secretary 
                shall issue such regulations or guidance as necessary 
                concerning the application of the requirement under 
                subparagraph (A) in cases in which a broker in making a 
                return does not have sufficient information to meet 
                such requirement with respect to the reported 
                applicable security. Such regulations or guidance may--
                            ``(i) require such other information 
                        related to such adjusted basis as the Secretary 
                        may prescribe, and
                            ``(ii) exempt classes of cases in which the 
                        broker does not have sufficient information to 
                        meet either the requirement under subparagraph 
                        (A) or the requirement under clause (i).
            ``(3) Information transfers.--To the extent provided in 
        regulations, there shall be such exchanges of information 
        between brokers as such regulations may require for purposes of 
        enabling such brokers to meet the requirements of this 
        subsection.
            ``(4) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
        term `applicable security' means any--
                    ``(A) security described in subparagraph (A) or (C) 
                of section 475(c)(2),
                    ``(B) interest in a regulated investment company 
                (as defined in section 851), or
                    ``(C) other financial instrument designated in 
                regulations prescribed by the Secretary.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to returns the due date for which (determined without regard to 
extensions) is after December 31, 2009, with respect to securities 
acquired after December 31, 2008.
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