HR 5058 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Ponzi Scheme Victims' Tax Relief Act of 2010

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 15, 2010 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedApr 15, 2010
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Ponzi Scheme Victims' Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a special theft loss tax deduction for qualified fraudulent investment losses and for such losses in connection with assets held in an individual retirement account (IRA); (2) a carryback of net operating losses which are qualified fraudulent investment losses for up to 10 years; (3) withdrawals from tax-exempt retirement plans for a 10-year period without penalty to replace qualified fraudulent investment losses; (4) catch-up contributions to retirement plans to compensate for fraudulent investment losses; and (5) an extension of the limitation period for filing refund claims for overpayments of tax in connection with gifts and bequests of an interest in an investment for which there is a qualified fraudulent investment loss.

Defines "qualified fraudulent investment loss" as a loss discovered in 2008 or 2009 resulting from a fraudulent arrangement in which a person receives cash or property from investors, purports to earn income for investors, reports partially or wholly fictitious income to such investors, makes payments to some investors from payments made by other investors, and appropriates some or all of the investors' cash or property.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 15, 2010 to Nov 17, 2010, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalApr 15, 2010
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalApr 15, 2010
D-LACharlie MelanconApr 20, 2010
R-TXJohn Abney CulbersonApr 26, 2010
D-NYJoseph CrowleyMay 11, 2010
D-NJSteven R. RothmanMay 11, 2010
D-VTPeter WelchMay 18, 2010
R-NYPeter T. KingMay 25, 2010
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonJun 22, 2010
R-FLVern BuchananJul 1, 2010
R-TXMichael T. McCaulJul 14, 2010
R-TXLamar SmithJul 19, 2010
R-LACharles W. Boustany, Jr.Jul 20, 2010
R-NCHoward CobleJul 20, 2010
D-NCBrad MillerJul 27, 2010

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 15, 2010Introduced in House
  2. Apr 15, 2010Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3166Ponzi Scheme Victim's Bill of Rights Act of 2010Related billMar 25, 2010

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 15, 2010Introduced in House

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