HR 1834 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

112th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

1st SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

H. R. 1834CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a temporary dividends received deduction for 2011 or 2012.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

May 11, 2011CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. BRADY of Texas (for himself, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. DOLD, Mr. COOPER, Mr. NUNES, and Mr. POLIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and MeansCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

A BILLCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a temporary dividends received deduction for 2011 or 2012.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Freedom to Invest Act of 2011’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY DIVIDENDS RECEIVED DEDUCTION ALLOWED FOR 2011 OR 2012.

(a) Election- Subsection (f) of section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to election) is amended to read as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(f) Election- The taxpayer may elect to apply this section to--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) the taxpayer’s last taxable year which begins before the date of the enactment of this subsection, orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) the taxpayer’s first taxable year which begins during the 1-year period beginning on such date.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Such election may be made for a taxable year only if made on or before the due date (including extensions) for filing the return of tax for such taxable year.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Limitation- Paragraph (1) of section 965(b) of such Code is amended to read as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) IN GENERAL- The amount of dividends taken into account under subsection (a) shall not exceed the sum of the current and accumulated earnings and profits described in section 959(c)(3) for the year a deduction is claimed under subsection (a), without diminution by reason of any distributions made during the election year, for all controlled foreign corporations of the United States shareholder.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Failure To Maintain Employment Levels- Paragraph (4) of section 965(b) of such Code (relating to limitations) is amended to read as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(4) REDUCTION IN BENEFITS FOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT LEVELS-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) IN GENERAL- If, during the period consisting of the calendar month in which the taxpayer first receives a distribution described in subsection (a)(1) and the succeeding 23 calendar months, the taxpayer does not maintain an average employment level at least equal to the taxpayer’s prior average employment, an additional amount equal to $25,000 multiplied by the number of employees by which the taxpayer’s average employment level during such period falls below the prior average employment (but not exceeding the aggregate amount allowed as a deduction pursuant to subsection (a)(1)) shall be taken into income by the taxpayer during the taxable year that includes the final day of such period.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT LEVEL- For purposes of this paragraph, the taxpayer’s average employment level for a period shall be the average number of full-time United States employees of the taxpayer, measured at the end of each month during the period.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(C) PRIOR AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT- For purposes of this paragraph, the taxpayer’s ‘prior average employment’ shall be the average number of full-time United States employees of the taxpayer during the period consisting of the 24 calendar months immediately preceding the calendar month in which the taxpayer first receives a distribution described in subsection (a)(1).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(D) FULL-TIME UNITED STATES EMPLOYEE- For purposes of this paragraph--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) IN GENERAL- The term ‘full-time United States employee’ means an individual who provides services in the United States as a full-time employee, based on the employer’s standards and practices; except that regardless of the employer’s classification of the employee, an employee whose normal schedule is 40 hours or more per week is considered a full-time employee.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR CHANGES IN OWNERSHIP OF TRADES OR BUSINESSES- Such term does not include--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(I) any individual who was an employee, on the date of acquisition, of any trade or business acquired by the taxpayer during the 24-month period referred to in subparagraph (A); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(II) any individual who was an employee of any trade or business disposed of by the taxpayer during the 24-month period referred to in subparagraph (A) or the 24-month period referred to in subparagraph (C).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(E) AGGREGATION RULES- In determining the taxpayer’s average employment level and prior average employment, all domestic members of a controlled group shall be treated as a single taxpayer.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(d) Threshold Period- Section 965 of such Code is amended by striking ‘June 30, 2003’ each place it occurs and inserting ‘June 30, 2010’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(e) Base Period- Paragraph (2) of subsection 965(c) of such Code is amended by inserting at the end of subparagraph (A) the following flush sentence: ‘For purposes of this paragraph, taxable years shall not include any year for which an election under section 965 was in effect.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(f) Indebtedness Determination Date- Subparagraph (B) of section 965(b)(3) of such Code is amended by striking ‘October 3, 2004’ and inserting ‘January 19, 2011’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(g) Conforming Amendments-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) Subsection 965(c) of such Code, as amended by subsection (e), is amended by striking paragraph (1) and redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) Paragraph 965(c)(4) of such Code, as redesignated by paragraph (1), is amended to read as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(4) CONTROLLED GROUPS- All United States shareholders which are members of an affiliated group filing a consolidated return under section 1501 shall be treated as one United States shareholder.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(h) Effective Date- The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink