118th Congress Taxation
S. 5144: Providing Real Opportunities for Growth to Rising Entrepreneurs for Sustained Success (PROGRESS) Act
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Summary
This bill provides a new small business investor tax credit for investments made into a small business (typically a start-up), subject to single year and lifetime limits. The bill also provides a first employee business wage tax credit for wages paid or incurred by a small business, subject to single year and lifetime limits.
Under the bill, an investor may claim as part of the general business tax credit up to 50% of the amount of a loan or purchase of stock in a small business, limited to $10,000 in a single year and $50,000 in total.
The bill also allows a small business owner to claim as part of the general business tax credit up to 25% of employee wages, limited to $10,000 in a single year and $40,000 in total. The employee wage business tax credit may be claimed against the business’s income or, if elected, against the business’s payroll taxes.
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For purposes of both business tax credits, a small business is a business that has at least one full-time employee (or the equivalent) and is owned by a resident or citizen of the United States who has an average taxable income for the three prior tax years of $100,000 or less (or $200,000 if filing a joint return or as head of household).
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Ron Wyden.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.