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S. 1201 (107th)

Subchapter S Modernization Act of 2001

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Introduced

19 July 2001

Last action

19 July 2001 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Sponsors

Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA], Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR], Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO], Sen. Thompson, Fred [R-TN], Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX], Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN], Sen. Hutchinson, Tim [R-AR]

Subjects

Taxation

Source updated

19 August 2025

Taxation

Summary

Subchapter S Modernization Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise provisions concerning S corporations to, among other things: (1) allow certain members of a family to be treated as one shareholder of an S corporation; (2) prohibit treating qualified preferred stock as a second class of stock and treating a person as a shareholder by reason of holding such stock; (3) permit financial institutions to hold convertible (safe harbor) debt; (4) repeal the characterization of excessive passive investment income as a termination event; (5) permit certain losses on liquidation not exceeding ordinary income basis to be treated as ordinary losses; (6) permit the deductibility of interest expense incurred by an electing small business trust to acquire S corporation stock; (7) provide that shareholder basis is not increased by income derived from cancellation of S corporation's debt; (8) provide for the exclusion of investment securities income from the passive income test for bank S corporations; (9) provide relief from inadvertently invalid qualified subchapter S subsidiary elections and terminations on the same basis as is provided to invalid or terminated S corporation elections; and (10) provide for the elimination of all earnings and profits attributable to pre-1983 years.

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Timeline

  1. 19 July 2001

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 19 July 2001

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7959-7962)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 19 July 2001

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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