Corporate Tax: Blocking IRS Rules for Partnerships
Key Points
- Congress is considering a resolution to cancel a specific rule from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding how very large companies calculate their taxes.
- The IRS rule was designed to simplify how the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax applies to businesses organized as partnerships. This tax generally targets companies that make over $1 billion in profit.
- If this resolution passes and is signed into law, the IRS guidance would be completely voided. The agency would be blocked from using these specific simplified rules for corporate tax collections.
- This action matters because it affects how much money the government collects from the nation's largest businesses and how those companies report their earnings.
- The resolution was introduced by Senator Wyden and uses a special process that allows Congress to review and overrule regulations created by federal agencies.
Milestones
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 51. Record Vote Number: 35. (CR S543)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 297.
Senate Committee on Finance discharged, by petition, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Vote Results
1 voteOn the Motion to Proceed
Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Interim Guidance Simplifying Application of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax to Partnerships".
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