S 2937 · 93th Congress · Petroleum industry

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to terminate the percentage depletion method of computing the depletion deduction for oil and gas wells and oil shale, to deny the deduction of intangible drilling and development costs, to impose certain limitations on the foreign tax credit allowable to oil extracting or refining corporations, and to require the President to report annually the amount of revenue lost under provisions of such code permitting credits, deductions, or exclusions and to explain in such report the reason for the existence of such provisions.

Introduced 1974-02-01· Sponsored by Sen. Ribicoff, Abraham A. [D-CT]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.(1974-02-01)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Terminate, under the Internal Revenue Code, the percentage depletion method of computing the depletion deduction for oil and gas wells and oil shale. Eliminates the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs. Imposes limitations on the foreign tax credit allowable to oil extracting or refining corporations.…

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