Bill113th Congress

S. 277

Job Preservation and Economic Certainty Act of 2013

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Introduced
Feb 11, 2013
Origin Chamber
Senate
Policy Area
Taxation
Latest Action
Feb 11, 2013

Sponsor

Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]

Democrat·RI
Bioguide ID: W000802
First Name: Sheldon
Last Name: Whitehouse
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Cosponsors
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Committees
2
Actions
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Amendments
12
Related Bills
29
Subjects
1
Summaries
3
Titles
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Bill Details

Update Date
Nov 15, 2022
Origin Chamber
Senate
Bill Type
S
Bill Number
277
Congress
113
Introduced Date
Feb 11, 2013
Policy Area
Taxation
Is Law
No
Feb 11, 2013IntroReferral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Source: Senate

Feb 11, 2013IntroReferral10000

Introduced in Senate

Source: Library of Congress

Introduced in Senate· Feb 11, 20130

Job Preservation and Economic Certainty Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to revise discretionary spending limits for FY2012-FY2021. Repeals the requirement that the President order a sequestration for FY2013.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require an individual taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million to pay a minimum tax rate of 30% of the excess of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income over the taxpayer's modified charitable contribution deduction for the taxable year; (2) require a shareholder of a subchapter S corporation engaged in a professional service business to include all items of income or loss attributable to such business in determining such shareholder's net earnings from self-employment for purposes of computing employment tax liability; (3) increase the recovery period for the depreciation of general aviation aircraft; (4) limit itemized deductions for taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $200,000 ($250,000 for joint returns of married individuals); (5) include in foreign base company income, for purposes of determining the foreign trade income of controlled foreign corporations, imported property income; (6) limit the employer tax deduction for stock options granted to its employees to the value of such options as recorded on the employer's books at the time such options are granted; (7) apply the $1 million limitation on the employer tax deduction for employee remuneration to stock option compensation; and (8) repeal the last-in, first-out (LIFO) and the lower of cost or market methods of valuing inventory.

Limits or repeals certain tax benefits for major integrated oil companies, including: (1) the foreign tax credit for companies that are dual capacity taxpayers; (2) the tax deduction for income attributable to the production, refining, processing, transportation, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or primary products thereof; (3) the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs; (4) the percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas wells; and (5) the tax deduction for qualified tertiary injectant expenses.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal royalty relief for: (1) natural gas production from deep wells in shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and (2) deep water oil and gas production in the Western and Central Planning Area of the Gulf (including a portion of the Eastern Planning Area).

Imposes new restrictions on U.S. corporations and other entities with foreign income with respect to: (1) tax deductions allocable to deferred foreign income, (2) the recalculation of foreign income taxes, (3) intangible property transferred overseas, (4) the limit on the foreign tax credit for dual capacity taxpayers, and (5) the treatment of taxes paid on foreign oil and gas income for purposes of the foreign tax credit.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to assess a risk-based Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee in the total amount of $30 billion to recover assistance provided to financial institutions through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and other federal programs.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a .03% excise tax on the purchase of a security if: (1) such purchase occurs or is cleared on a trading facility located in the United States, or (2) the purchaser or seller is a U.S. person.

Finance Committee

Senate· Standing
Accounting and auditingAviation and airportsBudget deficits and national debtBudget processBusiness investment and capitalCommodities marketsCorporate finance and managementDefense spendingEmployee benefits and pensionsEmployment taxesEnergy revenues and royaltiesFinancial crises and stabilizationForeign and international corporationsIncome tax creditsIncome tax deductionsIncome tax ratesManufacturingMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesOil and gasResearch and developmentSecuritiesSelf-employedService industriesSmall businessSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsTax administration and collection, taxpayersTaxation of foreign incomeUser charges and feesWages and earnings

Introduced in Senate

Feb 11, 2013

Job Preservation and Economic Certainty Act of 2013 — Informed