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<title>Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015</title>
<summary summary-id="id114s1212v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2017-07-05">
<action-date>2015-05-06</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015</strong></p> <p> Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on gain from the sale of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).</p> <p>Directs the Department of the Treasury to establish the S Corporation Employee Ownership Assistance Office to foster increased employee ownership of S corporations.</p> <p>Amends the Small Business Act to define "ESOP business concern" and allow such a concern to continue to qualify for loans, preferences, and other programs under such Act.</p>]]></summary-text>
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