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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify individual income and corporate tax rates, to set a maximum on the capital gains rate, to make permanent the deduction for dividends received for repatriated foreign earnings, to reduce the rate of payroll and self-employment taxes, to make 100-percent bonus depreciation permanent, and to repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.

USA115th CongressHR-2078| House 
| Updated: 4/6/2017
Roger Williams

Roger Williams

Republican Representative

Texas

Ways and Means Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Jump Start America Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to several corporate and individual income tax policies, to: revise individual income tax rates to establish a 20% rate on taxable income of $1 million or less and a 30% rate on taxable income over $1 million, with an adjustment for inflation after 2016; revise the income tax rates on corporations to impose a single 20% rate on corporate taxable income; modify the formula for calculating the tax on the net capital gains of individual taxpayers to provide for a maximum 15% rate on the adjusted net capital gain of such taxpayers; reduce the tax rate on current and accumulated foreign earnings of U.S. corporations reinvested in the United States and make the lower rate permanent; increase the additional depreciation allowance (bonus depreciation) from 50% to 100% of the adjusted basis of qualifying business property and to make such increased allowance permanent; reduce Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes for employers, employees, and the self-employed; and repeal the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
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Timeline
Apr 6, 2017
Introduced in House
Apr 6, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • April 6, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • April 6, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

Related Bills

  • HR 115-198: To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.
  • HR 115-30: To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.
Business investment and capitalCapital gains taxCorporate finance and managementEmployment taxesIncome tax deductionsIncome tax ratesInflation and pricesTaxation of foreign incomeTransfer and inheritance taxesU.S. and foreign investments

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify individual income and corporate tax rates, to set a maximum on the capital gains rate, to make permanent the deduction for dividends received for repatriated foreign earnings, to reduce the rate of payroll and self-employment taxes, to make 100-percent bonus depreciation permanent, and to repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.

USA115th CongressHR-2078| House 
| Updated: 4/6/2017
Jump Start America Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to several corporate and individual income tax policies, to: revise individual income tax rates to establish a 20% rate on taxable income of $1 million or less and a 30% rate on taxable income over $1 million, with an adjustment for inflation after 2016; revise the income tax rates on corporations to impose a single 20% rate on corporate taxable income; modify the formula for calculating the tax on the net capital gains of individual taxpayers to provide for a maximum 15% rate on the adjusted net capital gain of such taxpayers; reduce the tax rate on current and accumulated foreign earnings of U.S. corporations reinvested in the United States and make the lower rate permanent; increase the additional depreciation allowance (bonus depreciation) from 50% to 100% of the adjusted basis of qualifying business property and to make such increased allowance permanent; reduce Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes for employers, employees, and the self-employed; and repeal the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
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Timeline
Apr 6, 2017
Introduced in House
Apr 6, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • April 6, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • April 6, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Roger Williams

Roger Williams

Republican Representative

Texas

Ways and Means Committee

Taxation

Related Bills

  • HR 115-198: To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.
  • HR 115-30: To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Business investment and capitalCapital gains taxCorporate finance and managementEmployment taxesIncome tax deductionsIncome tax ratesInflation and pricesTaxation of foreign incomeTransfer and inheritance taxesU.S. and foreign investments