S 3521 · 112th Congress · Taxation
Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S6405)(2012-09-19)
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Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2013 expiring tax expenditures for individuals, businesses, and the energy sector. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) comprehensive tax reform is vital to U.S. economic growth and competitiveness and should begin in 2013; (2) a major focus of comprehensive tax reform should be broadening the tax base so as to lower tax rates, including by reforming, eliminating, or significantly reducing tax expenditures; and (3) whenever possible, federal energy tax expenditures should be responsibly phased-out so that energy technologies can function without reliance on federal subsidies. Provides for compliance of the budgetary effects of this Act with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.…
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