119-HR2014

Reduction of Excess Business Holding Accrual Act

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2014

1. Short title
2. Certain purchases of employee-owned stock disregarded for purposes of foundation tax on excess business holdings

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Reduction of Excess Business Holding Accrual Act".


2. Certain purchases of employee-owned stock disregarded for purposes of foundation tax on excess business holdings

(a) In general - Section 4943(c)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new clauses:

(v) - For purposes of clause (i), subparagraph (D), and paragraph (2), any voting stock which—

(I) - is not readily tradable on an established securities market,

(II) - is purchased by the business enterprise on or after January 1, 2020, from an employee stock ownership plan (as defined in section 4975(e)(7)) in which employees of such business enterprise participate, in connection with a distribution from such plan, and

(III) - is held by the business enterprise as treasury stock, cancelled, or retired,

(vi) - Section 4943(c)(4)(A)(ii) shall not apply with respect to any decrease in the percentage of holdings in a business enterprise by reason of the application of clause (v).

(b) Effective date - The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act and to purchases by a business enterprise of voting stock in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.