S 3948 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 17, 2010 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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. IntroducedNov 17, 2010
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to regulated investment companies (RICs), to: (1) allow an unlimited carryforward of the net capital losses of RICs; (2) eliminate restrictions on the investment of RICs in commodities; (3) limit penalties for the failure of RICs to satisfy gross income and asset tests; (4) modify rules for allocating RIC capital gain dividend distributions; (5) include certain nondeductible items of RIC income in earnings and profit calculations; (6) allow RICs that invest exclusively in the shares of other RICs to pass through to their shareholders tax-exempt interest and foreign tax credits, without regard to certain investment limitations; (7) modify rules relating to the declaration of RIC dividends, return of capital distributions, and stock redemptions; (8) allow certain RICs with shares that are redeemable upon demand to treat distributions in redemption of stock as an exchange of fund shares or a dividend for tax purposes; (9) allow a deferral of end-of-year losses of RICs; (10) exempt certain regularly declared exempt-interest dividends of RICs from holding period requirements; (11) increase the annual amount of capital gain net income of RICs required to be distributed; and (12) modify excise tax and penalty rules applicable to RICs.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 17, 2010.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MAJohn F. KerryOriginalNov 17, 2010
R-IDMike CrapoOriginalNov 17, 2010

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 17, 2010Introduced in Senate
  2. Nov 17, 2010Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 4337Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010Related billDec 22, 2010

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 17, 2010Introduced in Senate

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