HR 4581 · 114th Congress · Taxation

Stop Corporate Earnings Stripping Act of 2016

Introduced 2016-02-23· Sponsored by Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-9]· 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 House Committee on Ways and Means.(2016-02-23)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Stop Corporate Earnings Stripping Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the tax deduction available to certain foreign-controlled U.S. multinational corporations for excess interest on debt incurred by such corporation (i.e., earnings stripping) by: (1) repealing the debt-to-equity ratio threshold required for such deduction, (2) reducing the permitted net interest expense threshold from 50% to 25% of the corporation's adjusted taxable income, (3) repealing the carryforward of excess amounts of interest, and (4) limiting to five years the carryforward of disallowed interest expense.…

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