Government Settlement Transparency and Reform Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand provisions relating to the nondeductibility of fines and penalties to prohibit a tax deduction for any amount paid or incurred to, or at the direction of, any governmental entity relating to the violation of any law or the investigation or inquiry into a potential violation of law. The bill exempts from such prohibition: (1) restitution or amounts paid to come into compliance with any law that was violated or otherwise involved in the investigation or inquiry, (2) amounts paid pursuant to a court order in a suit in which the governmental entity was not a party, and (3) amounts paid or incurred as taxes due. The bill also imposes new reporting requirements on governmental entities relating to amounts paid as fines or for restitution.
Business expensesCivil actions and liabilityCommodities marketsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationIncome tax deductionsSecuritiesTax administration and collection, taxpayers
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny tax deductions for corporate regulatory violations.
USA115th CongressS-803| Senate
| Updated: 4/3/2017
Government Settlement Transparency and Reform Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand provisions relating to the nondeductibility of fines and penalties to prohibit a tax deduction for any amount paid or incurred to, or at the direction of, any governmental entity relating to the violation of any law or the investigation or inquiry into a potential violation of law. The bill exempts from such prohibition: (1) restitution or amounts paid to come into compliance with any law that was violated or otherwise involved in the investigation or inquiry, (2) amounts paid pursuant to a court order in a suit in which the governmental entity was not a party, and (3) amounts paid or incurred as taxes due. The bill also imposes new reporting requirements on governmental entities relating to amounts paid as fines or for restitution.
Business expensesCivil actions and liabilityCommodities marketsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationIncome tax deductionsSecuritiesTax administration and collection, taxpayers