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<dc:title>114 S905 PCS: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation on eligibility for the alternative tax for certain small insurance companies.</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. Senate</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2015-04-14</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><calendar>Calendar No. 39</calendar><congress>114th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 905</legis-num><associated-doc>[Report No. 114–16]</associated-doc><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20150414">April 14, 2015</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S118">Mr. Hatch</sponsor>, from the <committee-name committee-id="SSFI00">Committee on Finance</committee-name>, reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar</action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation on eligibility for  the
			 alternative tax for certain small insurance companies.</official-title></form>
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		<section id="id79553A79C32349AC80E7A8756F9579A2" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Increase in limitation on eligibility for alternative tax for certain small insurance companies</header>
			<subsection id="HED604B1DB97E4B2F80DB7B7A0C2E93F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase in limitation on premiums</header>
 <paragraph id="id07325BFCD6754D978325DC5E4D3F614C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Clause (i) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/831">section 831(b)(2)(A)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>$1,200,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,200,000</quote>.</text>
				</paragraph><paragraph id="H8BB8F93377474E97B457A6EA365E60E9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inflation
 Adjustment</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 831(b) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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						<subparagraph id="H5B3DEE56686A44EE85D8E75CDFD5E2EF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Inflation
 adjustment</header><text>In the case of any taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 2015, the dollar amount set forth in subparagraph (A)(i) shall be increased by an amount equal to—</text>
 <clause id="H9DFC6CD4EBEB49A68D4D3E17BF7CBE11"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such dollar amount, multiplied by</text>
 </clause><clause id="HCA0D593C5BE245989FDA35AE04D74B59"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year by substituting <quote>calendar year 2013</quote> for <quote>calendar year 1992</quote> in subparagraph (B) thereof.</text>
							</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">If the
				amount as adjusted under the preceding sentence is not a multiple
			 of $50,000,
				such amount shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of
				$50,000.</continuation-text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
 </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id91781E5147154554BA42FC6536258B16"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not later than February 11, 2016, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report on the abuse of captive insurance companies for estate planning purposes. Such report shall include legislative recommendations for addressing any such abuses.</text>
			</subsection><subsection id="H13190E7E699142EB932909D704181278"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
 Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
			</subsection></section><section id="id4410FC685B164F258EEC6D4FDE62BF55"><enum>2.</enum><header>Increase in continuous levy</header>
 <subsection id="idAB995DD90D08439B9B74EB037C7F4F1F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (3) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6331">section 6331(h)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>30 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>45 percent</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="idF6F6F53C678449E0A058426BE40B1507"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to payments made after 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section></legis-body><endorsement><action-date date="20150414">April 14, 2015</action-date><action-desc>Read twice and placed on the calendar</action-desc></endorsement></bill>


