Amendment101st Congress
Amendment sought to eliminate the reduction of the tax rate on capital gains; broaden use of Individual Retirement Accounts by allowing a 50% deduction for contributors not currently permitted to take a 100% deduction; allow funds to be withdrawn from such accounts without penalty if used for the first-time purchase of a home or to finance college costs; extend the existing tax rate of 33% to apply to all upper-level income brackets, eliminating the current rate of 28% for the highest income categories; and apply revenue gains to a special Deficit Reduction Trust Fund.
- Amendment Number
- 265
- Description
- Amendment sought to eliminate the reduction of the tax rate on capital gains; broaden use of Individual Retirement Accounts by allowing a 50% deduction for contributors not currently permitted to take a 100% deduction; allow funds to be withdrawn from such accounts without penalty if used for the first-time purchase of a home or to finance college costs; extend the existing tax rate of 33% to apply to all upper-level income brackets, eliminating the current rate of 28% for the highest income categories; and apply revenue gains to a special Deficit Reduction Trust Fund.
- Purpose
- An amendment to eliminate the provisions in the bill to reduce the tax rate on capital gains. The amendment would broaden the availability of Individual Retirement Accounts by allowing a 50% deduction for contributions by persons not currently permitted to take a 100% deduction, and allow funds to be withdrawn without penalty if used for the first-time purchase of a home or to finance college costs. The amendment would also extend the existing tax rate of 33% to apply to all upper-level income brackets, eliminating the current rate of 28% for the highest income categories, and apply the resulting revenue gains to a special Deficit Reduction Trust Fund.
- Congress
- 101
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Sep 28, 1989
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Rostenkowski amendment (A004) Failed by recorded vote: 190 - 239 (Roll no. 253).
- Latest Action Time
- 12:15:54
- Submitted Date
- Sep 28, 1989
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Jul 10, 2021