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H.R. 640 — what changed

Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2015

From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 2 sections amended and 1 added between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Section 1 Short title

added This Act may be cited as the “Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2015”.

(a)
removed In general— Section 4940(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “2 percent” and inserting “1 percent”.
(b)
removed Elimination of reduced tax where foundation meets certain distribution requirements— Section 4940 of such Code is amended by striking subsection (e).
(c)
removed Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Sec. 2 Modification of the tax rate for the excise tax on investment income of private foundations

(a)
added In general— Section 4940(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “2 percent” and inserting “1 percent”.
(b)
added Elimination of reduced tax where foundation meets certain distribution requirements— Section 4940 of such Code is amended by striking subsection (e).
(c)
added Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.

removed The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.

Sec. 3 Budgetary effects

added

added The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.