Savings Accounts for a Variable Economy for Small Businesses Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 24, 2016)
SAVE for Small Businesses Act or the Savings Accounts for a Variable Economy for Small Businesses Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for tax-exempt small business savings accounts, and (2) allow tax deductible contributions to such accounts of not more than 10% of the gross profits of an eligible small business (a business employing an average of 50 or fewer full-time employees) for the preceding taxable year.
The bill excludes qualified distributions from such accounts from gross income for income tax purposes. A "qualified distribution" is: (1) any amount that is distributed from a small business savings account during a specified period of economic hardship, and (2) the distribution of which is certified as being part of a plan that provides for the reinvestment of such distribution for the funding of worker hiring or financial stabilization for the purposes of job retention or creation.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall: (1) establish minimum standards for small business savings accounts that seek to minimize fees and risk of loss of principal, and (2) ensure a range of investment risk options available to account beneficiaries.
What just happenedFeb 24, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 24, 2016
- Feb 24, 2016IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Feb 24, 2016IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 24, 2016IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House