HR 111 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Support Our Start-Ups Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 3, 2017 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. IntroducedJan 3, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Support Our Start-Ups Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax deduction for new business expenditures to organizational expenditures, generally defined as expenditures incident to the creation of a corporation or a partnership.

The bill also increases the maximum deduction amount for start-up and organizational expenditures from $5,000 to $20,000 and increases from $50,000 to $120,000 the threshold amount after which the maximum deduction amount for such expenditures is reduced.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2017 to Apr 3, 2017, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-OHJames B. RenacciOriginalJan 3, 2017
R-FLMario Diaz-BalartOriginalJan 3, 2017
D-WIRon KindJan 5, 2017
R-OHSteve StiversFeb 27, 2017
R-FLCarlos CurbeloApr 3, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 3, 2017Introduced in House
  2. Jan 3, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1984Support Our Start-Ups ActIdentical billOct 19, 2017
HR 6756American Innovation Act of 2018Related billSep 28, 2018

Subjects

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

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  1. Jan 3, 2017Introduced in House

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