[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1593 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1593

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the exemption from 
 the self-employment tax for certain termination payments received by 
                    former life insurance salesmen.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 1999

    Mr. Weller (for himself, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Neal of 
 Massachusetts, Mr. Ramstad, and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the exemption from 
 the self-employment tax for certain termination payments received by 
                    former life insurance salesmen.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Former Insurance Agents Tax Equity 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF EXEMPTION FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT TAX FOR CERTAIN 
              TERMINATION PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY FORMER INSURANCE 
              SALESMEN.

    (a) Internal Revenue Code.--Paragraph (4) of section 1402(k) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to codification of treatment of 
certain termination payments received by former insurance salesmen) is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(4) the amount of such payment depends primarily on 
        policies sold by or credited to the account of such individual 
        or the extent to which such policies remain in force for some 
        period after such termination, or both.''.
    (b) Social Security Act.--Paragraph (4) of section 211(j) of the 
Social Security Act is amended to read as follows:
            ``(4) the amount of such payment depends primarily on 
        policies sold by or credited to the account of such individual 
        or the extent to which such policies remain in force for some 
        period after such termination, or both.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to payments after December 31, 1999.
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