110 HR 3622 IH: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the U.S. House of Representatives 2007-09-20 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3622 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 20, 2007 Mr. Meek of Florida (for himself, Mr. Tiberi, Ms. Berkley, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Keller of Florida, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Porter, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Davis of Alabama, and Mr. Herger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction.

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Modification of treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation deduction

(a)

Treatment made permanent

Clause (v) of section 168(e)(3)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining 15-year property) is amended by striking placed in service before January 1, 2008. (b)

Treatment To include new construction

Paragraph (7) of section 168(e) of such Code (relating to classification of property) is amended to read as follows: (7)

Qualified restaurant property

The term qualified restaurant property means any section 1250 property which is a building or an improvement to a building if more than 50 percent of the building’s square footage is devoted to preparation of, and seating for on-premises consumption of, prepared meals. . (c)

Effective date

The amendments made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act.