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H.R. 1195 (106th)

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for meal and entertainment expenses of small businesses.

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Introduced

18 March 1999

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow small businesses (corporations, or S corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships meeting C corporation requirements) an increased deduction for meal and entertainment expenses. Waives the current limitation of such deduction to 50 percent of such expenses. Applies to small businesses the applicable percentage currently restricted to certain individuals subject to the hours of service limitations of the Department of Transportation, which ranges from 55 percent for taxable years beginning in 1998 or 1999 up to 80 percent for taxable years beginning in 2008 or thereafter.

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