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<dc:title>110 HR 2648 IH: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the reduction in the deductible portion of expenses for business meals and entertainment.</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. House of Representatives</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2007-06-11</dc:date>
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<congress>110th CONGRESS</congress> <session>1st Session</session> 
<legis-num>H. R. 2648</legis-num> 
<current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber> 
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<action-date date="20070611">June 11, 2007</action-date> 
<action-desc><sponsor name-id="A000014">Mr. Abercrombie</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Committee on Ways and Means</committee-name></action-desc> 
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<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type> 
<official-title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the reduction in the deductible portion of expenses for business meals and entertainment.</official-title> 
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<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8197AA3175B4BFC93E17075E97F243F" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Repeal of reduction in business meals and entertainment tax deduction</header> 
<subsection id="H50634215FE4A4DF99D6B86F7ADDE51B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/274">Section 274(n)(1)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to only 50 percent of meal and entertainment expenses allowed as deduction) is amended by striking <quote>50 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>the applicable percentage</quote>.</text> </subsection> 
<subsection id="H81C07A9EB1F44F138D83A17B4F527EF6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicable percentage</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/274">Section 274(n)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text> 
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<paragraph id="HA00C58916A924939BE79DAB46704AE96"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicable percentage</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the term <term>applicable percentage</term> means the percentage determined under the following table:</text> 
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<tgroup cols="2" rowsep="0"><colspec colname="column1" coldef="txt" min-data-value="250" colwidth="264.75pt"/><colspec colname="column2" align="left" coldef="fig" min-data-value="5" colwidth="168.75pt"/><thead> 
<row><entry namest="column1" morerows="0" rowsep="0" align="left" colname="column1"><bold>For taxable years beginning in</bold></entry><entry namest="column2" morerows="0" align="left" colname="column2"><bold>The applicable</bold></entry></row> 
<row><entry namest="column1" morerows="0" rowsep="0" align="left" colname="column1"><bold> calendar year—</bold></entry><entry namest="column2" morerows="0" align="left" colname="column2"><bold>percentage is—</bold></entry></row></thead> 
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<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2007</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">75</entry></row> 
<row><entry rowsep="0" align="left" stub-definition="txt-ldr" leader-modify="force-ldr" colname="column1">2008 or thereafter</entry><entry rowsep="0" align="right" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">80.</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> 
<subsection id="HC9497C0764844A3DBE00A6AC00633BEF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The heading for <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/274">section 274(n)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection">Only </header-in-text>50<header-in-text level="subsection"> Percent</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection">Portion</header-in-text></quote>.</text> </subsection> 
<subsection id="HDEF2094DDC564A43B9FDC700B416B1C0"><enum>(d)</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> 
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