[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4061 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4061

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exception to 
 percentage of completion method of accounting for certain residential 
                        construction contracts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2021

 Mr. Pascrell (for himself and Mr. Buchanan) 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 provide an exception to 
 percentage of completion method of accounting for certain residential 
                        construction contracts.

    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 ``Fair Accounting for Condominium 
Construction Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION METHOD OF ACCOUNTING FOR 
              CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 460(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``home construction contract'' both 
                places it appears and inserting ``residential 
                construction contract'', and
                    (B) by inserting ``(in the case of a residential 
                construction contract which is not a home construction 
                contract, determined by substituting `3-year' for `2-
                year' in subparagraph (B)(i))'' after ``the 
                requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph 
                (B) are not met'',
            (2) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ``paragraph (4)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraph (3)'', and
            (3) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating paragraph 
        (5) as paragraph (4).
    (b) Application of Exception for Purposes of Alternative Minimum 
Tax.--Section 56(a)(3) of such Code is amended by striking ``any home 
construction contract (as defined in section 460(e)(6))'' and inserting 
``any residential construction contract (as defined in section 
460(e)(4))''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to contracts entered into after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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