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Amends subsection (f) of 26 U.S.C. 1202 by redesignating existing paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), replacing the text of the paragraph titled 'Other stock', and adding a new paragraph establishing rules that stock received upon conversion of a 'qualified convertible debt instrument' is treated as qualified small business stock and that the holding period of the stock includes the holding period of the debt instrument; also defines 'qualified convertible debt instrument'.
Amends subsection (c) of 26 U.S.C. 1202 by striking specified text in paragraph (1) and inserting the word "corporation", and by striking paragraph (2)(A).
Strikes specified text from 26 U.S.C. 1202(d)(1).
Adds new subparagraph (C) to 26 U.S.C. 1202(d)(3) clarifying that, when determining members of a controlled group of corporations under this paragraph, any stock ownership in an S corporation must be taken into account.
Adds a new paragraph (9) to 26 U.S.C. 1202(e) providing that, for an S corporation, the requirements of the subsection are applied at the corporate level.
Amends 26 U.S.C. 469(g)(1) by adding a new subparagraph (D) specifying that subparagraph (A) shall not apply in the case of a disposition any gain from which is excluded from gross income under section 1202.
Narrows the treatment in section 57(a)(7) by making the 'not an item of tax preference' language applicable specifically to stock acquired on or before the enactment date of the Creating Small Business Jobs Act of 2010.
Changes to the tax rules for qualified small business stock (QSBS) shorten the required ownership period and alter how much of a sale gain can be excluded from tax. The bill replaces a fixed 50% exclusion with a new graduated “applicable percentage” schedule, cuts the minimum QSBS holding period to 3 years, and lets holders of qualifying convertible debt ‘tack’ the debt holding period onto stock received on conversion.
Other amendments update related Code tests (including how S corporations are treated), bar certain passive-loss rules from reducing excluded gains, and require some rules to be applied at the corporate level for S corporations. Most changes apply to stock or conversions occurring after the Act is enacted.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced February 11, 2025 by David Kustoff · Last progress February 11, 2025