S 231 · 96th Congress · Taxation
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to help increase productivity and reduce inflation by providing larger tax deductions for depreciation.
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.(1979-01-25)
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Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with regard to income tax deductions for depreciation, to increase, in any reasonable allowance, the permissible variance from a particular class life from 20 percent to 30 percent. Permits the taxpayer to disregard salvage value in computing such allowance. Establishes, for any small business whose adjusted tax basis in assets (other than real estate) is $250,000 or less, a straight line depreciation table of specific depreciation lives for specified assets.…
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