S Corporation Modernization Act of 2019

United States116th CongressS-2156Senate
Updated: Jul 18, 2019

Summary

S Corporation Modernization Act of 2019 This bill modifies the tax treatment of S corporations (pass thru entities) to increase from 25% to 60% of S corporation gross receipts the threshold for taxing S corporations with passive investment income; eliminate a provision terminating the status of S corporations with excessive passive investment income for three consecutive years; permit S corporations to have individual retirement accounts as shareholders; allow an adjustment to the basis of an S corporation's assets upon the death of a shareholder, in the form of a 15-year amortization deduction; and permit the Internal Revenue Service to treat a late revocation of S corporation status as timely if it finds there was reasonable cause for failure to make a timely revocation.

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Timeline

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HR-5643: S Corporation Modernization Act of 2020

Introduced in House

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S4950-4952)

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