HR 2414 · 106th Congress · Taxation

Top Ten Terrible Tax Act of 1999

Introduced 1999-07-01· Sponsored by Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.(1999-07-30)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Top Ten Terrible Tax Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) to provide for the phaseout and repeal of the estate and gift taxes over a ten year period; (2) repeal the communications services excise tax; (3) make the standard deduction for joint filers twice that of single filers and the tax rate on a single filer's return one-half the rate of a jointly filed return; (4) to provide for the phaseout and repeal of the capital gains taxes over a ten year period; (5) repeal the excise tax on vaccines; (6) repeal the excise tax on sport fishing equipment and revise the excise tax on bows and arrows; (7) repeal the 1993 income tax increase on social security benefits; (8) in general, exclude dividends and interest from gross income; and (9) repeal the 1993 increases in motor fuel taxes. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to repeal the universal service charge.…

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Cosponsors (5)

5 Republicans