Bill113th CongressFiled Oct 30, 2013Taxation
S. 1616
Family Fairness and Opportunity Tax Reform Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Oct 30, 2013)
Family Fairness and Opportunity Tax Reform Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of individual and married taxpayers, to:
- reduce to two the number of individual income tax brackets, imposing a 15% tax rate on income up to $87,850 ($175,700 for married couples filing a joint return and surviving spouses) and a 35% rate on income above such level;
- eliminate or reduce the capital gains tax rate based on taxable income levels;
- repeal after 2013 the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for individual and corporate taxpayers;
- increase from $1,000 to $2,500 the child tax credit and make a portion of such credit refundable;
- allow a new personal income tax credit of $2,000 for individual taxpayers ($4,000 for married couples filing a joint return and surviving spouses) in lieu of the standard tax deduction, the personal tax exemption, and certain itemized deductions, other than the deductions for mortgage interest and charitable contributions;
- provide annual inflation adjustments after 2013 to income levels and credit amounts in this Act;
- make mortgage interest and charitable contributions deductible from gross income (above-the-line deductions);
- limit to $300,000 the deductible amount of acquisition indebtedness for principal residences (currently, $1 million);
- repeal the additional hospital insurance tax on individual taxpayers earning over $200,000 ($250,000 for married couples filing joint tax returns); and
- repeal the 3.8% Medicare tax on certain unearned income (e.g., income from rents, royalties, stocks, bonds, and other investments).
What just happenedOct 30, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Who’s behind it
Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT](R-UT)Sponsor
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- Introduced in SenateOct 30, 2013
- Oct 30, 2013IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Oct 30, 2013IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate