FRAME Act of 2016
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 26, 2016)
Farm Risk Abatement and Mitigation Election Act of 2016 or the FRAME Act of 2016
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt farm risk management accounts (FRAME Accounts) and allow taxpayers actively engaged in the business of farming or ranching to use distributions from such accounts to protect the solvency of the farm to which the FRAME Account relates and to procure revenue or crop insurance; (2) allow a deduction from gross income for cash contributions to such accounts; (3) specify minimum levels of contributions to, and maximum levels of distributions from, such accounts; (4) set forth tax rules relating to account distributions, excess contributions, and prohibited transactions; and (5) allow a variable business-related tax credit for contributions made to a FRAME Account in the first nine years after such account is established.
What just happenedSep 26, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 26, 2016
- Sep 26, 2016IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Sep 26, 2016IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 26, 2016IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House