HR 1591 · 98th Congress · Agriculture and Food
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow any taxpayer to elect to treat for income tax purposes any crop received under a Federal program for removing land from agricultural production as produced by the taxpayer, to allow any taxpayer to elect to defer income on any cancellation under such a program of any price support loan, and to provide that participation in such a program shall not disqualify the taxpayer for the special use valuation of farm real property under section 2032A of such Code.
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: See H.R.1296.(1983-03-10)
Plain Language Summary
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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit farmers who participate in a Federal payment-in-kind program to elect to treat commodities they receive as income in the year of receipt or the year of sale. Permits farmers to elect a deferral of the income resulting from the cancellation of Commodity Credit Corporation loans. Provides that farmers participating in a payment-in-kind program do not forfeit eligibility for the special use valuation provisions for farm property.…
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