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Bill· SS. 463 (98th)open

Severance Tax Equity Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983

Severance Tax Equity Act of 1982 - Limits the amount of severance taxes imposed by States on oil, natural gas, and coal. Sets such limit at the amount of costs incurred by a State which are directly attributable to the production within the State of crude oil, natural gas or coal. Sets forth enforcement procedures. Allows the Attorney General or any person who pays a severance tax to bring a civil action in a district court of the United States in order to enforce such limitation.

Bill· SS. 427 (98th)open

National Heritage Resource Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1983

National Heritage Resource Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow creators of artistic properties an income tax deduction for the current fair market value of literary, musical, or artistic compositions which they contribute to charitable organizations. Requires: (1) that the artistic property be created by the taxpayer at least one year prior to the time of such contribution; (2) that the fair market value of such property be appraised within one year of the date of contribution; and (3) that the donee of such property show that the use of the property will be related to the charitable purpose or function of his organization. Denies a fair market value deduction for contributions of any letter, memorandum or similar property produced by a Federal or State employee which arose out of the performance of such employee's official duties. Exempts such fair market value deduction from the application of the minimum tax.

Bill· SS. 391 (98th)open

A bill to repeal the denial of the use of the accelerated cost recovery system with respect to tax-exempt obligations, and the expiration of the authority to issue such obligations.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983

Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to repeal provisions which disallow the accelerated cost recovery deductions for property financed with tax-exempt securities. Repeals the 1986 expiration date for the authority to issue such tax-exempt securities.

Bill· HRH.R. 1176 (98th)open

Housing Finance Opportunity Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983

Housing Finance Opportunity Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit the continued issuance of tax-exempt (interest excluded from gross income) mortgage revenue bonds after December 31, 1983.

Bill· HRH.R. 1177 (98th)open

A bill to repeal the withholding on interest, dividends and patronage dividends enacted by the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 and to require, in lieu of such withholding, the Secretary of the Treasury to use existing information returns to ensure that the proper amount of tax is collected with respect to interest, dividends, and patronage dividends.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983

Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to repeal provisions which require the withholding of tax on interest and dividends. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to match information returns with tax returns to ensure that tax is collected on interest and dividend income.

Bill· HRH.R. 1183 (98th)failed

Tax Rate Equity Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983

Tax Rate Equity Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit to $700 the maximum reduction in individual income tax resulting from the third year of rate reductions enacted by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981.

Bill· HRH.R. 1161 (98th)open

A bill to extend to all unmarried individuals the full tax benefits of income splitting now enjoyed by married individuals filing joint returns; and to remove rate inequities for married persons where both are employed.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide identical income tax rates for all taxpayers without regard to marital status. Bases such rate on the present rate imposed on married individuals filing joint returns. Repeals the tax tables for taxpayers who are: (1) heads of households; (2) unmarried individuals; and (3) married individuals filing seperate returns. Limits the earned income that must be reported by a married person filing a seperate return to the amount actually earned by that individual.

Bill· HRH.R. 1172 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow individuals to elect a refundable credit against income tax equal to 20 percent of their medical expenses in lieu of the deduction for the excess of such expenses over 5 percent of adjusted gross income.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals to elect to take a refundable income tax credit equal to 20 percent of their medical expenses in lieu of the deduction for such expenses.

Bill· HRH.R. 1225 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow individuals to compute the amount of the deduction for payments into retirement savings on the basis of the compensation of their spouses, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain individuals to compute the amount of the income tax deduction for retirement savings on the basis of the earned income of their spouses, without regard to any community property laws.

Bill· HRH.R. 1189 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to require the Internal Revenue Service to make reasonable efforts to locate persons to whom unclaimed tax refunds are owed, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to make reasonable efforts to locate persons to whom unclaimed tax refunds are owed. Allows unpaid tax refunds to be transferred after one year to the State in which the taxpayer last resided and requires such State to take reasonable efforts to locate the taxpayer.

Bill· HRH.R. 1198 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to add a method of valuing farm land owned by a private foundation for purposes of determining whether the foundation is an operating foundation.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that, for purposes of determining whether a private foundation is an operating foundation, the private foundation may use the estate tax valuation for a farm: (1) owned by the foundation on January 1, 1982; or (2) acquired by the foundation from a decedent dying after December 31, 1981.

Bill· HRH.R. 1203 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to make certain local organizations of police and firefighters exempt from taxation.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983

Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to grant tax-exempt status to local organizations of police officers and firefighters. Requires such an organization: (1) to be of a purely local character; (2) to have no part of its net earnings inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual; and (3) to receive its income solely from local governments, assessments on the salaries of members, members dues and contributions, fundraising activities and investments.

Bill· HRH.R. 1175 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to exclude public employee pension benefit plans from the operation of Section 235.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983

Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to exempt Federal, local, State, or municipal government pension benefit plans from the limitations placed on maximum benefits and contributions of employees and employers under the terms of qualified pension plans.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 43 (98th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that funding for community service employment programs for senior citizens for fiscal year 1984 and subsequent fiscal years should be provided at levels sufficient to maintain or increase the number of employment positions provided under such program.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1983

Expresses the sense of the Congress that funding for community service employment programs for senior citizens under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 for FY 1984 and subsequent fiscal years should be provided at levels sufficient to maintain or increase the number of employment positions provided under such programs.

Bill· SS. 343 (98th)open

Heavy Vehicle Use Tax Adjustment Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1983

Heavy Vehicle Use Tax Adjustment Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the highway use tax on highway motor vehicles with a taxable gross weight of 33,000 pounds or more. Sets forth tax rates based on gross weight to be phased in over three years from 1984 to 1986 and thereafter. Reduces the maximum possible tax from $1,900 per year to $1,200 per year. Provides for the refundability of any use tax in cases where a motor vehicle on which such tax has been paid is sold, traded, or otherwise disposed of before the close of the taxable period.

Bill· SS. 371 (98th)open

Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Amendments Act of 1983

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1983

Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Amendments Act of 1983 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include as members of a targeted group for purposes of the targeted jobs tax credit individuals who: (1) have been unemployed since January 1, 1982; or (2) have exhausted all rights to regular unemployment compensation. Increases the amount of the first year wages taken into account from 50 percent to: (1) 65 percent in the case of an employer in an area where the employment rate exceeds the average national rate; and (2) 75 percent in the case of a small business owner.

Bill· SS. 330 (98th)open

A bill to amend Section 103(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1983

Designates certain State-regulated public utilities as "exempt persons" under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code which permit tax-exempt financing for the industrial development bonds issued by such exempt persons.

Bill· HRH.R. 1148 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and the Social Security Act to provide an exemption from coverage under the social security program, through a tax refund procedure, for employees who are members of religious faiths which oppose participation in such program, and to provide a similar exemption on a current basis (pursuant to waiver certificates filed in advance) for employers engaged in farming and their employees in cases where both are members of such faiths; and to make the existing exemption for self-employed members of such faiths available to certain additional individuals.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1983

Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Social Security Act to exempt employees who are members of religious faiths which oppose participation in the social security program from coverage under such program and to grant to such employees a refund of social security taxes. Exempts employers engaged in farming and their employees in cases where both are members of faiths which oppose participation in the social security system. Extends the exemption from social security taxes to self-employed members of religious groups who are opposed to participation in the social security program but not opposed to participation in private insurance plans.

Bill· HRH.R. 1141 (98th)referred

A bill to provide for payments in lieu of taxes to be made by the United States to local governments for property exempt from property taxation under Federal law which is located within the jurisdiction of the local government and owned by the United States, a foreign government, or an international organization.

United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1983

Provides for payments in lieu of taxes to be made by the Administrator of General Services to local governments for property which is: (1) owned by the United States, a foreign government, or an international organization; (2) exempt from property taxation; and (3) located within the jurisdiction of the local government.

Bill· SS. 290 (98th)open

Math and Science Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1983

Math and Science Education Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers an income tax credit for compensation paid to: (1) precollege mathematics and science teachers hired for the summer months for employment which provides experience in the applied use of high technology; and (2) permanent employees who teach precollege mathematics or science at a public school without compensation from such school. Sets the amount of such credit at the sum of: (1) 50 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to teachers employed for the summer months; plus (2) 100 percent of the aggregate compensation paid to permanent employees who teach at public schools. Limits the amount of compensation paid to a permanent employee which may be taken into account to $1,000 multiplied by the number of months such employee teaches in a public school. Requires that teachers hired for the summer months must be paid at a weekly rate equal to or greater than the weekly rate of the teaching salary of such teacher. Requires that permanent employees who teach at public schools must teach at an elementary or secondary school for at least ten hours per week (at least five hours of which must be actual instruction in the classroom) at the request of the school district administrators.

Bill· HRH.R. 1087 (98th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from gross income amounts which are received from a public retirement system and which are attributable to services as a Federal, State, or local policeman and fireman.

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1983

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income amounts received from a public retirement system (pensions or annuities) which are attributable to services as a Federal, State, or local police officer or fire fighter.

Bill· HRH.R. 1084 (98th)referred

A bill to delay the effective date of the provisions which require withholding of tax from interest and dividends.

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1983

Amends the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 to delay the effective date of provisions requiring the withholding of tax on interest and dividends until 1984. Repeals provisions authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to delay the application of such provisions for certain payors.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 108 (98th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which requires (except for fiscal years during which the United States is at war) that the total amount of money expended by the United States during any fiscal year not exceed the total amount of revenue of the United States received during that fiscal year.

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1983

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the total amount of money expended by the United States in any fiscal year from exceeding the total amount of revenue received during such fiscal year, except in time of war as declared by Congress.

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