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	<form>
		<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code>
		<congress>109th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session>2d Session</session>
		<legis-num>S. 3838</legis-num>
		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
		<action>
			<action-date date="20060803">August 3, 2006</action-date>
			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S118">Mr. Hatch</sponsor> (for himself
			 and <cosponsor name-id="S269">Mrs. Lincoln</cosponsor>) introduced the
			 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
			 <committee-name committee-id="SSFI00">Committee on
			 Finance</committee-name></action-desc>
		</action>
		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
		<official-title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for
		  S corporation reform, and for other purposes.</official-title>
	</form>
	<legis-body>
		<section id="HD52B8920A39B4137ABCA3532CB69341E" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title; reference; table
			 of contents</header>
			<subsection id="H91C1927439714E8C856800926BC1D349"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short
			 title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act may be cited
			 as the <quote><short-title>S Corporation Reform Act of
			 2006</short-title></quote>.</text>
			</subsection><subsection id="HE06B23D75A32451885756F93D5DDD239"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment of
			 1986 Code</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise
			 expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
			 terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the
			 reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the
			 Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text>
			</subsection><subsection id="idC9B66E5449484973A81E6A0CB251124A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Table of
			 contents</header><text>The table of contents for this Act is as follows:</text>
				<toc>
					<toc-entry idref="HD52B8920A39B4137ABCA3532CB69341E" level="section">Sec. 1. Short title; reference; table of contents.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="IDD6A03BAAE9BE41E68400DEAACC512E65" level="title">TITLE I—Eligible shareholders of an s corporation</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="IDA02C0842B1C14F2F00496E826D64E0CF" level="section">Sec. 101. Nonresident aliens allowed to be
				shareholders.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="idC377A595FE864DB6A863F01B0FCEDF3D" level="section">Sec. 102. Expansion of S corporation eligible shareholders to
				include IRAS.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="ID0B1E05A6839146AC9CFBCEEC8E643905" level="title">TITLE II—Qualification and eligibility requirements of s
				corporations</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="ID6A4ABCA89272461FA3F900927B64AA14" level="section">Sec. 201. Issuance of preferred stock permitted.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="ID4D6675B873C64C94A8136FDB505E74F7" level="section">Sec. 202. Safe harbor expanded to include convertible
				debt.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="IDF49426A5649C4C5A8489034DB2A5D6C9" level="section">Sec. 203. Repeal of excessive passive investment income as a
				termination event.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="ID5F4A66A93C834964AC7D905D1BB378FA" level="section">Sec. 204. Modifications to passive income rules.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="IDEB6F2BC06CB64A5AB0490039AA601FAF" level="section">Sec. 205. Adjustment to basis of s corporation stock for
				certain charitable contributions.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="ID41F838DB533E495400AA4BC300E11093" level="title">TITLE III—Treatment of s corporation shareholders</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="ID257364FCA73A4EA78700EBD87B4E44A5" level="section">Sec. 301. Treatment of losses to shareholders.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="ID3257DCB3770647C9A9F04F0004E3DE6E" level="section">Sec. 302. Deductibility of interest expense incurred by an
				electing small business trust to acquire S corporation stock.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="IDAAD114F4D2F34751B98788439EC72FA0" level="section">Sec. 303. Back to back loans as indebtedness.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="ID9F6E08472A6A4535ADEC40D7DDDFFE09" level="title">TITLE IV—Expansion of s corporation eligibility for
				banks</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="ID7EAB3FA577A345D8AC4EBAA6F1579762" level="section">Sec. 401. Treatment of qualifying director shares.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="IDB4D021A7878D436600AD78F974EEA95C" level="section">Sec. 402. Recapture of bad debt reserves.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="IDB1C30754042E4798B69B19EC668D75E5" level="title">TITLE V—Qualified subchapter <enum-in-header>S</enum-in-header>
				subsidiaries</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="ID6536273A03CA4AC7A98B4876EA002375" level="section">Sec. 501. Treatment of the sale of interest in a qualified
				subchapter <enum-in-header>S</enum-in-header> subsidiary.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="IDFC14C2EF589444B9BD79C3FBA5455E89" level="title">TITLE VI—Additional provisions</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="ID30F3F0F5F3604AE99548DF22541FFA1E" level="section">Sec. 601. Elimination of all earnings and profits attributable
				to pre-1983 years.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="idA30BBE566A89430197DDFC75643C04C4" level="section">Sec. 602. Repeal of LIFO recapture tax.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="id4A660A94A9844E8F80439BD180168044" level="section">Sec. 603. Expansion of post-termination transition
				period.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="id83CE8EDF9F5E4086B13D29626756E2DA" level="section">Sec. 604. Reduction in tax rate on excess net passive
				income.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="H1371F24346A5478799DFB7BE986231A0" level="section">Sec. 605. Increase in cap on qualified small issue
				bonds.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="IDD223F79E489143150080C8D973E42355" level="section">Sec. 606. Special rules of application.</toc-entry>
				</toc>
			</subsection></section><title id="IDD6A03BAAE9BE41E68400DEAACC512E65"><enum>I</enum><header>Eligible
			 shareholders of an s corporation</header>
			<section id="IDA02C0842B1C14F2F00496E826D64E0CF"><enum>101.</enum><header>Nonresident
			 aliens allowed to be shareholders</header>
				<subsection id="ID6AA45DD8A5DD4A4F937B435054F93981"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Nonresident
			 aliens allowed to be shareholders</header>
					<paragraph id="IDA3B499F95A394AA6A2CCB39E982F7908"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 1361(b) (defining small business
			 corporation) is amended—</text>
						<subparagraph id="ID39EE2F7FEFB64E3E96A8F08DFC00AABB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by adding
			 <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B),</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE589D8AC1F964F649868547034C11D07"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
			 subparagraph (C), and</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBE14021954C44E5C8116D9E2D77B4855"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
			 subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C).</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE89DEEE389AD4CF3B200080970D7C55B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
			 amendments</header>
						<subparagraph id="idD8EFD0F6E62F4B0BA7CDC6CA56B4772A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Paragraph (4) and
			 (5)(A) of section 1361(c) (relating to special rules for applying subsection
			 (b)) are each amended by striking <quote>subsection (b)(1)(D)</quote> and
			 inserting <quote>subsection (b)(1)(C)</quote>.</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5A8E9408ACF9430FA6D94C391335AEBF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (i) of section 280G(b)(5)(A)
			 (relating to general rule for exemption for small business corporations, etc.)
			 is amended by striking <quote>but without regard to paragraph (1)(C)
			 thereof</quote>.</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDAF50CEED2AC04D99A16C4774FA507E43"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Nonresident
			 alien shareholder treated as engaged in trade or business within United
			 States</header>
					<paragraph id="ID73C4B7D646D24380A4BA2171BD6D852D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Section 875 is amended—</text>
						<subparagraph id="ID37279F78AEB84C7DA05BF5892F8243F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (1),</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0633663A98F7404AA374138C76FA4B79"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
			 period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>,
			 and</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4C6C5F75058C4BBD8F5F4B00E6FC972D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
			 end the following new paragraph:</text>
							<quoted-block id="ID41981F07514F44A1BB4CE6F2FD08C703">
								<paragraph id="ID26BA8653FD2B4C1C00782EFFD3DA7B00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a nonresident
				alien individual shall be considered as being engaged in a trade or business
				within the United States if the S corporation of which such individual is a
				shareholder is so
				engaged.</text>
								</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2043C09C943D4CCDBAF8254A70F1776D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pro rata share
			 of S corporation income</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
			 last sentence of section 1441(b) (relating to income items) is amended to read
			 as follows: <quote>In the case of a nonresident alien individual who is a
			 member of a domestic partnership or a shareholder of an S corporation, the
			 items of income referred to in subsection (a) shall be treated as referring to
			 items specified in this subsection included in his distributive share of the
			 income of such partnership or in his pro rata share of the income of such S
			 corporation.</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA4D9CADDDD62432DAE5F835697213C2F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application of
			 withholding tax on nonresident alien shareholders</header><text>Section 1446
			 (relating to withholding tax on foreign partners’ share of effectively
			 connected income) is amended by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g)
			 and by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection:</text>
						<quoted-block id="ID57E5D339C53147DFA959128CFEA74745">
							<subsection id="ID77B8E2F8859D499683E9B360C3AAE9CA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>S corporation
				treated as partnership, etc</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
								<paragraph id="ID250EAFC5D8B74077906C8CA0A1200800"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an S corporation
				shall be treated as a partnership,</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1969CC2981BD45609080377F7C72BB07"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the shareholders
				of such corporation shall be treated as partners of such partnership,</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="ID97D93FD67ED94ECCB2556761C8CA57A1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any reference to
				section 704 shall be treated as a reference to section 1366, and</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="ID368B36AEA85E4F8885EB319C7C40A8DB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>no withholding
				tax under subsection (a) shall be required in the case of any income realized
				by such corporation and allocable to a shareholder which is an electing small
				business trust (as defined in section
				1361(e)).</text>
								</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF5DA9E811AED45999C80606EB56EEBD7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conforming
			 amendments</header>
						<subparagraph id="ID08088E6546EB445CB33B2DE4D3B5E67D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The heading of
			 section 875 is amended to read as follows:</text>
							<quoted-block id="ID741AEBD2976A4FF4A2E9D623DB29108D">
								<section id="ID8EDB018B6A7849ECBB645F21008BCFA3"><enum>875.</enum><header>Partnerships;
				beneficiaries of estates and trusts; s
				corporations</header>
								</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID06A7DA6CE18E4001B4342F5F06603FF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The heading of
			 section 1446 is amended to read as follows:</text>
							<quoted-block id="IDD500D1B0E33A425BBD6C64AEE6218F56">
								<section id="ID4DF7C5E49B294840B9D0E0558895F560"><enum>1446.</enum><header>Withholding
				tax on foreign partners’ and s corporation shareholders’ share of effectively
				connected
				income</header>
								</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
						</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID506D9C8CEF244BB1BB8FC9501678B1BB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Clerical
			 amendments</header>
						<subparagraph id="ID9EB58E75E8E849FF863C9540E55DB28F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The item relating
			 to section 875 in the table of sections for subpart A of part II of subchapter
			 N of chapter 1 is amended to read as follows:</text>
							<quoted-block id="IDA7A2818CC51E4B36834F2EF0B08B2D7D">
								<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
									<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 875. Partnerships; beneficiaries of
				estates and trusts; S
				corporations.</toc-entry>
								</toc>
								<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF32BD389ADC64FAE8539DBEB62A15633"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The item relating
			 to section 1446 in the table of sections for subchapter A of chapter 3 is
			 amended to read as follows:</text>
							<quoted-block id="ID8DE60A84F2BF46E29F26A282FE854CEB">
								<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
									<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 1446 Withholding tax on foreign
				partners’ and S corporation shareholders’ share of effectively connected
				income.</toc-entry>
								</toc>
								<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0EFC6EF300774844BB921B5E366E52A8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Permanent
			 Establishment of Partners and S Corporation Shareholders</header><text>Section
			 894 (relating to income affected by treaty) is amended by redesignating
			 subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by inserting after subsection (b) the
			 following new subsection:</text>
							<quoted-block id="ID12EFB52394AB47868BDBF54F0032761E">
								<subsection id="ID30B89EC8D91143E2AF67B042A208A655"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Permanent
				Establishment of Partners and S Corporation Shareholders</header><text>If a
				partnership or S corporation has a permanent establishment in the United States
				(within the meaning of a treaty to which the United States is a party) at any
				time during a taxable year of such entity, a nonresident alien individual or
				foreign corporation which is a partner in such partnership, or a nonresident
				alien individual who is a shareholder in such S corporation, shall be treated
				as having a permanent establishment in the United States for purposes of such
				treaty.</text>
								</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
						</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDBEFBA0B9E17F415095D49DCCDB69B08D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of
			 other withholding tax rules on nonresident alien shareholders</header>
					<paragraph id="IDBEDB6E1E84D94555B572026B9444B9B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Section
			 <enum-in-header>1441</enum-in-header></header><text>Section 1441 (relating to
			 withholding of tax on nonresident aliens) is amended by redesignating
			 subsection (g) as subsection (h) and by inserting after subsection (f) the
			 following new subsection:</text>
						<quoted-block id="ID782233E789274DF28D9D57DE070096AC">
							<subsection id="IDBF0B688194D741F1BAC091195BEFAD9B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>S corporation
				treated as partnership, etc</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
								<paragraph id="ID6C07A7059AA34CA5A7EF00EBF37EDCB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an S corporation
				shall be treated as a partnership,</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC2E7D871A67749469FFAAA3237DEFA35"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the shareholders
				of such corporation shall be treated as partners of such partnership,
				and</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD9EB41B78D384B74B1B1FD1DE1B7F666"><enum>(3)</enum><text>no deduction or
				withholding under subsection (a) shall be required in the case of any item of
				income realized by such corporation and allocable to a shareholder which is an
				electing small business trust (as defined in section
				1361(e)).</text>
								</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="ID449DFF65B2D54267B7042239A04582E5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Section
			 <enum-in-header>1445</enum-in-header></header><text>Section 1445(e) (relating
			 to special rules relating to distributions, etc., by corporations,
			 partnerships, trusts, or estates) is amended by redesignating paragraph (6) as
			 paragraph (7) and by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new
			 paragraph:</text>
						<quoted-block id="ID82EDDFDE6ED341A6B943B2C836E8114D">
							<paragraph id="ID224460E24276448CBDCD6EF3009C5326"><enum>(6)</enum><header>S corporation
				treated as partnership, etc</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
								<subparagraph id="IDBDC33AB0C865444289CE9FEBAD47D9B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an S corporation
				shall be treated as a partnership, and</text>
								</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID66248445862B47EA9438D1BAB37C2E24"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the shareholders
				of such corporation shall be treated as partners of such partnership,
				and</text>
								</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7939FB88B4524CC08488C1407FAA9854"><enum>(C)</enum><text>no deduction or
				withholding under subsection (a) shall be required in the case of any gain
				realized by such corporation and allocable to a shareholder which is an
				electing small business trust (as defined in section
				1361(e)).</text>
								</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC88D90DB8EE8485492B42DFFCE28F78A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional
			 conforming amendments</header>
					<paragraph id="id442442CDC1844782A71190F3B0E6E8A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section
			 1361(c)(2)(A)(i) is amended by striking <quote>who is a citizen or resident of
			 the United States</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="idCBB704737E104B9BAD24CF7DB2AB381D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section
			 1361(d)(3)(B) is amended by striking <quote>who is a citizen or resident of the
			 United States</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB11E6DF579AF4FCAA1BAA28D8E57AAE1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section
			 1361(e)(2) is amended by inserting <quote>(including a nonresident
			 alien)</quote> after <quote>person</quote> the first place it appears.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID20F57940EA65457EAEDDDC0060E39F2E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 2006.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="idC377A595FE864DB6A863F01B0FCEDF3D"><enum>102.</enum><header>Expansion of S
			 corporation eligible shareholders to include IRAS</header>
				<subsection id="idB37CB52D90BC464BA7D18A05E7150583"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Clause (vi) of section 1361(c)(2)(A) (relating to certain
			 trusts permitted as shareholders) is amended to read as follows:</text>
					<quoted-block id="idFF2405C578A043039ADFC3F8DABC6F6E" style="OLC">
						<clause id="id68646BA220F14E21904021A0475F2431"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>A trust which
				constitutes an individual retirement account under section 408(a), including
				one designated as a Roth IRA under section
				408A.</text>
						</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="id3E73C8EF612249189519E4ED3D153CD1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sale of stock
			 in IRA relating to S corporation election exempt from prohibited transaction
			 rules</header><text>Paragraph (16) of section 4975(d) (relating to exemptions)
			 is amended to read as follows:</text>
					<quoted-block id="id3D375CEE524F49B3B9D2F0F04DE8A697" style="OLC">
						<paragraph id="idEE2F826807784E998542A74AF42AC681"><enum>(16)</enum><text>a sale of stock
				held by a trust which constitutes an individual retirement account under
				section 408(a) to the individual for whose benefit such account is established
				if</text>
							<subparagraph id="id09A2BBC9F0F242DCB86FA1BD8DD96740"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such sale is
				pursuant to an election under section 1362(a) by the issuer of such
				stock,</text>
							</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52D44890DDE246A7AB9456D920F4DF56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such sale is for
				fair market value at the time of sale (as established by an independent
				appraiser) and the terms of the sale are otherwise at least as favorable to
				such trust as the terms that would apply on a sale to an unrelated
				party,</text>
							</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBA88685016B34A75BBED35A5082C6093"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such trust does
				not pay any commissions, costs, or other expenses in connection with the sale,
				and</text>
							</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id60B3FBB80BF941A4A923174192D6CDF6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the stock is sold
				in a single transaction for cash not later than 120 days after the S
				corporation election is
				made.</text>
							</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF1CB331BC9334A8F83BC846DFFE769A1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
			 date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
				</subsection></section></title><title id="ID0B1E05A6839146AC9CFBCEEC8E643905"><enum>II</enum><header>Qualification
			 and eligibility requirements of s corporations</header>
			<section id="ID6A4ABCA89272461FA3F900927B64AA14"><enum>201.</enum><header>Issuance of
			 preferred stock permitted</header>
				<subsection id="IDA9C879FA056045459DF1A0FAF473A0D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Section 1361 (defining S corporation) is amended by
			 adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
					<quoted-block id="IDDE49899445CE4A2695FA0450D2B93989">
						<subsection id="ID0D5B7F7EE455421DB48CAF648B52F9DB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Treatment of
				qualified preferred stock</header>
							<paragraph id="IDEDD0AA70F1D44B78B961098844FA08FB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text>For purposes of this subchapter—</text>
								<subparagraph id="ID70972BE4C1B1435785617049219FA655"><enum>(A)</enum><text>qualified
				preferred stock shall not be treated as a second class of stock, and</text>
								</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3B2808454A644885B79822FAE95B00CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>no person shall
				be treated as a shareholder of the corporation by reason of holding qualified
				preferred stock.</text>
								</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2E92C89BAF884A83A9C306853CF6D9CF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified
				preferred stock defined</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term
				<term>qualified preferred stock</term> means stock which meets the requirements
				of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 1504(a)(4). Stock shall not fail
				to be treated as qualified preferred stock merely because it is convertible
				into other stock.</text>
							</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD13B43E8680144099993D44F52B9B023"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Distributions</header><text>A
				distribution (not in part or full payment in exchange for stock) made by the
				corporation with respect to qualified preferred stock shall be includible as
				ordinary income of the holder and deductible to the corporation as an expense
				in computing taxable income under section 1363(b) in the year such distribution
				is
				received.</text>
							</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="ID7A250BC3E4AD484EA4F84272CF00E0D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
			 amendments</header>
					<paragraph id="IDACA390E5078F43EFBAEB008376B48824"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) of
			 section 1361(b) is amended by inserting <quote>, except as provided in
			 subsection (f),</quote> before <quote>which does not</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0413AF4053F14743973F343135AA07CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsection (a) of
			 section 1366 is amended by adding at the end the following new
			 paragraph:</text>
						<quoted-block id="IDB676733EEE8F41EEAB05DD6EC9AD193D">
							<paragraph id="ID0679AE65C864463195FB380892802B73"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allocation with
				respect to qualified preferred stock</header><text>The holders of qualified
				preferred stock (as defined in section 1361(f)) shall not, with respect to such
				stock, be allocated any of the items described in paragraph
				(1).</text>
							</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3FC6FF1FE8BA40CCBCA512BA86A97398"><enum>(3)</enum><text>So much of clause
			 (ii) of section 354(a)(2)(C) as precedes subclause (II) is amended to read as
			 follows:</text>
						<quoted-block id="ID9122B575CA0741B4A610777CF9306E4C">
							<clause id="ID44A5BAC1B88D487F9235DE4806DDE9B9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Recapitalization
				of family-owned corporations and s corporations</header>
								<subclause id="ID3AFA3ADFD88144CFAE9F844E6C02CD4B"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text>Clause (i) shall not apply in the case of a
				recapitalization under section 368(a)(I)(E) of a family-owned corporation or S
				corporation.</text>
								</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0796FF83B4654C55B0125C19FCD274F4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Subsection (a) of
			 section 1373 is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph
			 (1), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>,
			 and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
						<quoted-block id="ID8706CAC1689942F1A46F4C9D004952D6">
							<paragraph id="ID8BB02E1B844E4715B3D5D7ECD02E8142"><enum>(3)</enum><text>no amount of an
				expense deductible under this subchapter by reason of section 1361(f)(3) shall
				be apportioned or allocated to such
				income.</text>
							</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDCBA3E998852943448F1FC5F77D94BA7D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 2006.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="ID4D6675B873C64C94A8136FDB505E74F7"><enum>202.</enum><header>Safe harbor
			 expanded to include convertible debt</header>
				<subsection id="ID5B70C8ECFCC84A13B30580C9F000A257"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of section 1361(c)(5) (defining straight
			 debt) is amended by striking clauses (ii) and (iii) and inserting the following
			 new clauses:</text>
					<quoted-block id="IDBFDD39463FDC4D33836318ABF12CEF52">
						<clause id="ID7C44CD53105D46C1BFAAD09BA772B5FA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in any case in
				which the terms of such promise include a provision under which the obligation
				to pay may be converted (directly or indirectly) into stock of the corporation,
				such terms, taken as a whole, are substantially the same as the terms which
				could have been obtained on the effective date of the promise from a person
				which is not a related person (within the meaning of section 465(b)(3)(C)) to
				the S corporation or its shareholders, and</text>
						</clause><clause id="ID95F62EA07BC6430489753F46D7D1A820"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the creditor
				is—</text>
							<subclause id="ID9DD85D16E55D4C15BDE4BE6F685F4843"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an
				individual,</text>
							</subclause><subclause id="ID08B918479C814CD1A7C0D0BE61D7A3B4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an
				estate,</text>
							</subclause><subclause id="ID32243158EF054DA0BC5D98CE6636E2FA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a trust
				described in paragraph (2),</text>
							</subclause><subclause id="IDDE519E1E489541739F5833167582C9C8"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>an exempt
				organization described in paragraph (6), or</text>
							</subclause><subclause id="IDE4CAB258571848E98D1F8597AF8D0043"><enum>(V)</enum><text>a person which is
				actively and regularly engaged in the business of lending
				money.</text>
							</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="ID7BFDD70DD38048E6A190F557EA85D4D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 2006.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="IDF49426A5649C4C5A8489034DB2A5D6C9"><enum>203.</enum><header>Repeal of
			 excessive passive investment income as a termination event</header>
				<subsection id="ID366A470C20174B728EB0C4001556346C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Section 1362(d) (relating to termination) is amended by
			 striking paragraph (3).</text>
				</subsection><subsection id="ID3D92EA10C6E041F19CFD776305AA47BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
			 amendments</header>
					<paragraph id="ID835537E6F710440F884990B657CAF7C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section
			 1362(f)(1) is amended by striking <quote>or (3)</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF41A7C30CEC54E159D84DE257BD3EEF2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Clause (i) of
			 section 1042(c)(4)(A) is amended by striking <quote>section
			 1362(d)(3)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1375(b)(3)</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDBFF5B65F6BD74749A75822BF3E4201B5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 2006.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="ID5F4A66A93C834964AC7D905D1BB378FA"><enum>204.</enum><header>Modifications
			 to passive income rules</header>
				<subsection id="IDD93921D6DAB04E318D2E3DD9E8A5C5C3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increased
			 limit</header>
					<paragraph id="IDF0A7691A76F64CC2A3B372A6FBC1355E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Subsection (a)(2) of section 1375 (relating to tax
			 imposed when passive investment income of corporation having accumulated
			 earnings and profits exceeds 25 percent of gross receipts) is amended by
			 striking <quote>25 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>60
			 percent</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="ID18B12E2215A64B5D85CA6E6000A399D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
			 amendments</header>
						<subparagraph id="IDFB57829C1EB74B66AB121C64D5E55682"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Subparagraph (J)
			 of section 26(b)(2) is amended by striking <quote>25 percent</quote> and
			 inserting <quote>60 percent</quote>.</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID48A79B8D39B04C129259A0E6033CD2BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Clause (i) of
			 section 1375(b)(1)(A) is amended by striking <quote>25 percent</quote> and
			 inserting <quote>60 percent</quote>.</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE23EEAB97E4C4AF18835A63DA12000FC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The heading for
			 section 1375 is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text>25
			 percent</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text>60
			 percent</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
						</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID32EADB3AB6F0488091441B8CF18336C7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The table of
			 sections for part III of subchapter S of chapter 1 is amended by striking
			 <quote>25 percent</quote> in the item relating to section 1375 and inserting
			 <quote>60 percent</quote>.</text>
						</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF1FC78222C8D45D996D84600C8D9368E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal of
			 passive income capital gain category</header>
					<paragraph id="IDAAB924BDA24841A7B800C225D4D2519B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 1375 (relating to tax imposed
			 when passive investment income of corporation having accumulated earnings and
			 profits exceeds 60 percent of gross receipts), as amended by subsection (a), is
			 amended by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the following new
			 paragraph:</text>
						<quoted-block id="IDC72BD34746F146B5A744B796697C2C00">
							<paragraph id="ID1F60DC42025A4658009D05C94EBB6FD9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Passive
				investment income defined</header>
								<subparagraph id="ID2F6A5DE71B7B41CA847789E3FDF8AD00"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the term
				<term>passive investment income</term> means gross receipts derived from
				royalties, rents, dividends, interest, and annuities.</text>
								</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID027B62F929B14F9D98B2C8C40930AEF8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception for
				interest on notes from sales of inventory</header><text>The term <term>passive
				investment income</term> shall not include interest on any obligation acquired
				in the ordinary course of the corporation’s trade or business from its sale of
				property described in section 1221(a)(1).</text>
								</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3CEABA43579943DF92773FC2CB93506D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Treatment of
				certain lending or finance companies</header><text>If the S corporation meets
				the requirements of section 542(c)(6) for the taxable year, the term
				<term>passive investment income</term> shall not include gross receipts for the
				taxable year which are derived directly from the active and regular conduct of
				a lending or finance business (as defined in section 542(d)(1)).</text>
								</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8A9960F72A07401291E700BDBDF159BB"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Treatment of
				certain dividends</header><text>If an S corporation holds stock in a C
				corporation meeting the requirements of section 1504(a)(2), the term
				<term>passive investment income</term> shall not include dividends from such C
				corporation to the extent such dividends are attributable to the earnings and
				profits of such C corporation derived from the active conduct of a trade or
				business.</text>
								</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID10486C39875E4792006549281D5B4205"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Coordination
				with Section 1374</header><text>The amount of passive investment income shall
				be determined by not taking into account any recognized built-in gain or loss
				of the S corporation for any taxable year in the recognition period. Terms used
				in the preceding sentence shall have the same respective meaning as when used
				in section
				1374.</text>
								</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4ACAC36044E24042A0F2BC2E63F7C054"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
			 amendments</header><text>Section 1375(d) is amended by striking
			 <quote>subchapter C</quote> both places it appears and inserting
			 <quote>accumulated</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDFD41068D5F8042BA9389632D36FF68FF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 2006.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="IDEB6F2BC06CB64A5AB0490039AA601FAF"><enum>205.</enum><header>Adjustment to
			 basis of s corporation stock for certain charitable contributions</header>
				<subsection id="ID117AC04BED664F7BB4BFA2D2443B6926"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 1367(a) (relating to adjustments
			 to basis of stock of shareholders, etc.) is amended by striking
			 <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking the period at
			 the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by adding
			 at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
					<quoted-block id="ID5E156B1936CA4894938430EE4226E368">
						<subparagraph id="IDF65E8B32FCB242899387776919D96B00"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the excess of the
				amount of the shareholder’s proportionate share of any charitable contribution
				made by the S corporation over the shareholder’s proportionate share of the
				adjusted basis of the property
				contributed.</text>
						</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="ID370AE959E9214A6B801564A5BFAC8EF7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 2006.</text>
				</subsection></section></title><title id="ID41F838DB533E495400AA4BC300E11093"><enum>III</enum><header>Treatment of s
			 corporation shareholders</header>
			<section id="ID257364FCA73A4EA78700EBD87B4E44A5"><enum>301.</enum><header>Treatment of
			 losses to shareholders</header>
				<subsection id="ID879932846D534D189B05317400E21BD9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Liquidations</header><text>Section
			 331 (relating to gain or loss to shareholders in corporate liquidations) is
			 amended by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by inserting
			 after subsection (b) the following new subsection:</text>
					<quoted-block id="IDA7A31B7DF43140488FFE933070290431">
						<subsection id="ID308A3DDE53044F76972E4565AD502B8D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Loss on
				Liquidations of S Corporation</header>
							<paragraph id="ID043B83FA6B2542B69C30858C7BD77F63"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text>The portion of any net loss recognized by a shareholder
				of an S corporation (as defined in section 1361(a)(1))—</text>
								<subparagraph id="IDFBC61C48C9A44F0C89D4F96871213B98"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on amounts
				received by such shareholder in a distribution in complete liquidation of such
				S corporation, or</text>
								</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID03CD837F2D004D1A8D146391CF1F794C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on an installment
				obligation received by such shareholder with respect to a sale or exchange by
				the corporation during the 12-month period beginning on the date a plan of
				complete liquidation is adopted if the liquidation is completed during such
				12-month period, which does not exceed the ordinary income basis of stock of
				such S corporation in the hands of such shareholder shall not be treated as a
				loss from the sale or exchange of a capital asset but shall be treated as an
				ordinary loss.</text>
								</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4086373EE101434A90D76060F26B114E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ordinary income
				basis</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the ordinary income basis
				of stock of an S corporation in the hands of a shareholder of such S
				corporation shall be an amount equal to the portion of such shareholder’s basis
				in such stock which is equal to the aggregate increases in such basis under
				section 1367(a)(1) resulting from such shareholder’s pro rata share of ordinary
				income of such S corporation attributable to the complete
				liquidation.</text>
							</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="ID0D5EEF4034664E73A9CD6BBC9C141717"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Suspended
			 passive activity losses</header><text>Paragraph (3) of section 1371(b) is
			 amended to read as follows:</text>
					<quoted-block id="IDD3328924E4DF4E65B5B281C0D8017845">
						<paragraph id="IDDFFC03BEA4274EF1AF4F00AB8CF54B17"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of s
				year as elapsed year; passive losses</header><text>Nothing in paragraphs (1)
				and (2) shall prevent treating a taxable year for which a corporation is an S
				corporation as a taxable year for purposes of determining the number of taxable
				years to which an item may be carried back or carried forward nor prevent the
				allowance of a passive activity loss deduction to the extent provided by
				section
				469(g).</text>
						</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="IDDD533B625B264067913C96AF487FC93E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 2006.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="ID3257DCB3770647C9A9F04F0004E3DE6E"><enum>302.</enum><header>Deductibility
			 of interest expense incurred by an electing small business trust to acquire S
			 corporation stock</header>
				<subsection id="IDD715E6CBA22740109ED84C5BB8D9AF1F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Subparagraph (C) of section 641(c)(2) (relating to
			 modifications) is amended by inserting after clause (iii) the following new
			 clause:</text>
					<quoted-block id="ID495377F31CD94742AB1C9C6B51F337F4">
						<clause id="ID991F583A9D56493E8E3C9FFE5500B827"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Any interest
				expense incurred to acquire stock in an S
				corporation.</text>
						</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="ID5E23F52B9024406AAA1896F21133C58F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 2006.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="IDAAD114F4D2F34751B98788439EC72FA0"><enum>303.</enum><header>Back to back
			 loans as indebtedness</header>
				<subsection id="ID53A8EC4B6FE145B5B6AB352B197033A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Section 1366(d) (relating to special rules for losses and
			 deductions) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
					<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ED84130574F496398588B0530C195DE" style="OLC">
						<paragraph id="idF077827C59024D88938D3DBA843E408F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Loans included
				in indebtedness of an s corporation</header><text>For purposes of subsection
				(d), the indebtedness of an S corporation to the shareholder shall include any
				loans made or acquired (by purchase, gift, or distribution from another person)
				by a shareholder to the S corporation, regardless of whether the funds loaned
				by the shareholder to the S corporation were obtained by the shareholder by
				means of a recourse loan from another person (whether related or unrelated to
				the
				shareholder).</text>
						</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="ID90AE82F774E14829B000EB93B777CD45"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 2006.</text>
				</subsection></section></title><title id="ID9F6E08472A6A4535ADEC40D7DDDFFE09"><enum>IV</enum><header>Expansion of s
			 corporation eligibility for banks</header>
			<section id="ID7EAB3FA577A345D8AC4EBAA6F1579762"><enum>401.</enum><header>Treatment of
			 qualifying director shares</header>
				<subsection id="ID6820B55A84294BA2BE00CBE302D85697"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Section 1361 (defining S corporation), as amended by
			 section 201(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new
			 subsection:</text>
					<quoted-block id="ID87343F83E67941B38455B59BBA5F0900">
						<subsection id="ID4C4A517F75F44F60BBE296752FD9008D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Treatment of
				qualifying director shares</header>
							<paragraph id="ID90695A715B0646C7BCFF46BC7056EAF0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text>For purposes of this subchapter—</text>
								<subparagraph id="ID53A1AE22BC1446B9BF9FCDCD4B11F744"><enum>(A)</enum><text>qualifying
				director shares shall not be treated as a second class of stock, and</text>
								</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDEF35380EC58747DCA951DBDC0001DE6D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>no person shall
				be treated as a shareholder of the corporation by reason of holding qualifying
				director shares.</text>
								</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID98063D57D45B4B009C00B4B55CA807C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifying
				director shares defined</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term
				<term>qualifying director shares</term> means any shares of stock in a bank (as
				defined in section 581) or in a bank holding company registered as such with
				the Federal Reserve System—</text>
								<subparagraph id="ID9D29EAE0C1464660894FF4D95E340644"><enum>(A)</enum><text>which are held by
				an individual solely by reason of status as a director of such bank or company
				or its controlled subsidiary; and</text>
								</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB19C8B24AB5D445398967492EC5EFCC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>which are subject
				to an agreement pursuant to which the holder is required to dispose of the
				shares of stock upon termination of the holder’s status as a director at the
				same price as the individual acquired such shares of stock.</text>
								</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID066CA1E64C5241419D61A5EBE9222310"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Distributions</header><text>A
				distribution (not in part or full payment in exchange for stock) made by the
				corporation with respect to qualifying director shares shall be includible as
				ordinary income of the holder and deductible to the corporation as an expense
				in computing taxable income under section 1363(b) in the year such distribution
				is
				received.</text>
							</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="ID12C8252470BC4116A5E3E5E20098D140"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
			 amendments</header>
					<paragraph id="ID2D6F8BAB13A349889D32760191797E9E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section
			 1361(b)(1), as amended by section 201(b), is amended by striking
			 <quote>subsection (f)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (f) and
			 (g)</quote>.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0CC52640A415478AA4877F2DC07484AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1366(a),
			 as amended by section 201(b), is amended by adding at the end the following new
			 paragraph:</text>
						<quoted-block id="ID9A265E4D23D84247A702F4009DBA00D9">
							<paragraph id="ID13D77E2B1F9B426691E4686590EF4639"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Allocation with
				respect to qualifying director shares</header><text>The holders of qualifying
				director shares (as defined in section 1361(g)) shall not, with respect to such
				shares of stock, be allocated any of the items described in paragraph
				(1).</text>
							</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="ID048299AB7DAC4734963F5C94A742C8A3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 1373(a),
			 as amended by section 201(b), is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the
			 end of paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and
			 inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and adding at the end the following new
			 paragraph:</text>
						<quoted-block id="ID6F53E5AB356741EFB95F465DCCFD921B">
							<paragraph id="IDED9056CA326C43BD8C0909A8385200ED"><enum>(4)</enum><text>no amount of an
				expense deductible under this subchapter by reason of section 1361(g)(3) shall
				be apportioned or allocated to such
				income.</text>
							</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID127BE857732D4133AE256F303D932715"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 1996.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="IDB4D021A7878D436600AD78F974EEA95C"><enum>402.</enum><header>Recapture of
			 bad debt reserves</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 481 of the Internal
			 Revenue Code of 1986, with respect to any S corporation election made by any
			 bank in taxable years beginning after December 31, 1996, such bank may
			 recognize built-in gains from changing its accounting method for recognizing
			 bad debts from the reserve method under section 585 or 593 of such Code to the
			 charge-off method under section 166 of such Code either in the taxable year
			 ending with or beginning with such an election.</text>
			</section></title><title id="IDB1C30754042E4798B69B19EC668D75E5"><enum>V</enum><header>Qualified
			 subchapter <enum-in-header>S</enum-in-header> subsidiaries</header>
			<section id="ID6536273A03CA4AC7A98B4876EA002375"><enum>501.</enum><header>Treatment of
			 the sale of interest in a qualified subchapter
			 <enum-in-header>S</enum-in-header> subsidiary</header>
				<subsection id="IDAFD6F1DC614941E5BF071203D1409E00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Section 1361(b)(3) (relating to treatment of certain
			 wholly owned subsidiaries) is amended by adding at the end the following new
			 subparagraph:</text>
					<quoted-block id="ID7A26D5DEFDC8413EBFD0DAAB6222A248">
						<subparagraph id="IDF24263E10B10442D82A8613D4B46AA60"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Special rule on
				termination</header><text>The tax treatment of the disposition of the stock of
				the qualified subchapter S subsidiary shall be determined as if such
				disposition were—</text>
							<clause id="ID34FD0130257D454FB72E204F15E818A4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
				sale of the undivided interest in the subsidiary’s assets based on the
				percentage of the stock transferred, and</text>
							</clause><clause id="ID06B40A9910CC47D1BA62D28ECC49F84C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>followed by a
				deemed contribution by the S corporation and the transferee in a section 351
				transaction.</text>
							</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="ID0741FA9442ED44FFA490C11695BA00DB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 1996.</text>
				</subsection></section></title><title id="IDFC14C2EF589444B9BD79C3FBA5455E89"><enum>VI</enum><header>Additional
			 provisions</header>
			<section id="ID30F3F0F5F3604AE99548DF22541FFA1E"><enum>601.</enum><header>Elimination of
			 all earnings and profits attributable to pre-1983 years</header>
				<subsection id="ID9455ADF5B8774C1CA601C2A0AAC6E84C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 1311 of the Small Business Job
			 Protection Act of 1996 is amended to read as follows:</text>
					<quoted-block id="IDDBB2D59360F44CD3BCD5A0E9C1060027">
						<subsection id="ID7E6BFD2D1A874A1AB4C4421F006319B3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text>If a corporation was an electing small business
				corporation under subchapter S of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
				1986 for any taxable year beginning before January 1, 1983, the amount of such
				corporation’s accumulated earnings and profits (as of the beginning of any
				taxable year beginning after December 31, 1982) shall be reduced by an amount
				equal to the portion (if any) of such accumulated earnings and profits which
				were accumulated in any taxable year beginning before January 1, 1983, for
				which such corporation was an electing small business corporation under such
				subchapter
				S.</text>
						</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="ID3F4998D26AE945A69C1277A3E7689472"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 1996.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="idA30BBE566A89430197DDFC75643C04C4"><enum>602.</enum><header>Repeal of LIFO
			 recapture tax</header>
				<subsection id="idA129A316884E45A3A3ABF254EB0DF92D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Section 1363 (relating to effect on election on
			 corporations) is amended by striking subsection (d).</text>
				</subsection><subsection id="id4DA59898D0E94465B82CFBA2794B70EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to elections
			 made after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="id4A660A94A9844E8F80439BD180168044"><enum>603.</enum><header>Expansion of
			 post-termination transition period</header>
				<subsection id="id4DC28EB65A5745DF84266EAFE622B399"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Clause (ii) of section 1377(b)(1)(A) (defining
			 post-termination transition period) is amended to read as follows:</text>
					<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A1A54CCED4C42B9B641BC6490112B5F" style="OLC">
						<clause id="id2B88583672D945EA8807E68B2B82D161"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the date on
				which any refund or credit of any overpayment of tax with respect to the return
				for such last year as an S corporation is prevented by the operation of any law
				or rule of law (including res
				judicata),</text>
						</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="idBDFE5061190546FAA75280705CB540E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to periods
			 beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="id83CE8EDF9F5E4086B13D29626756E2DA"><enum>604.</enum><header>Reduction in
			 tax rate on excess net passive income</header>
				<subsection id="id123EA46982DD4DA2AD31213323502749"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Section 1375(a) (relating to tax imposed when passive
			 investment income of corporation having accumulated earnings and profits
			 exceeds 25 percent of gross receipts) is amended by striking <quote>computed by
			 multiplying the excess net passive income by the highest rate of tax specified
			 in section 11(b)</quote> and inserting <quote>15 percent of the excess net
			 passive income</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection id="idFC9DD2C74F7B4362A193437337BD4E37"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 2006.</text>
				</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1371F24346A5478799DFB7BE986231A0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>605.</enum><header>Increase in cap on
			 qualified small issue bonds</header>
				<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6D63783D43741E88E914EE2F13C2B9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
			 144(a)(4)(A)(i) (relating to general rule for $10,000,000 limit in certain
			 cases) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting
			 <quote>$10,000,000($30,000,000 in the case of any bank (as defined in section
			 581) or any depository institution holding company (as defined in section
			 3(w)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813(w)(1)) which is an
			 S corporation)</quote>.</text>
				</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23F32E5D8CB84E1A8CC21E227314A627"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment of
			 cap for inflation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
			 144(a) (relating to qualified small issue bond) is amended—</text>
					<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A6CD22FDBCE4C229C0410CA52A2036F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (12) as
			 paragraph (13); and</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53B999F0C7C1499DBE4604FBB8A2149A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (11) the
			 following new paragraph:</text>
						<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD09F039959454FA7826152DA00D1F9E9" style="OLC">
							<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFBE7A8054D74B399C3FDB835855E3EB"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Inflation
				adjustment</header>
								<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id984EB2AED4134A7A9C2B00D1FF3FE570"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any
				calendar year after 2006, the $30,000,000 amount contained in paragraph
				(4)(A)(i) shall be increased by an amount equal to—</text>
									<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7188EFE550844EB0BEFD51F8EBC32BF0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such dollar amount, multiplied by</text>
									</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H145D4B7092CF40E9A9BFDD225E5D6588"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost-of-living adjustment determined
				under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year by substituting <quote>calendar
				year 2005</quote> for <quote>calendar year 1992</quote> in subparagraph (B)
				thereof.</text>
									</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EBBFD3231C741A5871B5AAD308BF93D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rounding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any increase under subparagraph (A) which
				is not a multiple of $100,000 shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of
				$100,000.</text>
								</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A0D5DB7BF8A4AE5BA6CDDF09216DB27"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
			 this section shall apply to—</text>
					<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51CA2BA0FC8C475EB32E66D611A723ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obligations issued after the date of the
			 enactment of this Act; and</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5E51A9171304B22BF61FA004FC03041"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">capital expenditures made after such date
			 with respect to obligations issued on or before such date.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDD223F79E489143150080C8D973E42355"><enum>606.</enum><header>Special rules
			 of application</header>
				<subsection id="ID6C3B5703AE4B4D85BA7D1C3F9E35D226"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Waiver of
			 limitations</header><text>If refund or credit of any overpayment of tax
			 resulting from the application of any amendment made by this Act is prevented
			 at any time before the close of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the
			 enactment of this Act by the operation of any law or rule of law (including res
			 judicata), such refund or credit may nevertheless be made or allowed if claimed
			 therefor is filed before the close of such period.</text>
				</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1BD21559841B496AB967F32B3887E649"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of
			 certain elections under prior law</header><text>For purposes of section 1362(g)
			 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to election after termination),
			 any termination or revocation under section 1362(d) of such Code (as in effect
			 on the day before enactment of this Act) shall not be taken into
			 account.</text>
				</subsection></section></title></legis-body>
</bill>
