United States · Bill · S
S. 2287 (109th)
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and permanently extend the expensing of certain depreciable business assets for small businesses.
Introduced
15 February 2006
Last action
15 February 2006 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1354)
Sponsors
Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME], Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS], Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
10 February 2026
Summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the expensing allowance for depreciable business property from $100,000 to $200,000; (2) make such allowance permanent; (3) increase to $800,000 the asset cost threshold for calculating reductions in such allowance; (4) allow an annual inflation adjustment to the expensing allowance and the threshold amount after 2007; and (5) allow a taxpayer to revoke an election to expense such business property without the prior consent of the Secretary of the Treasury.
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Timeline
15 February 2006
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1354)
Source: IntroReferral
15 February 2006
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1354)
Source: IntroReferral
15 February 2006
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 15 February 2006 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Small Business Expensing Permanency Act of 2006
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/2287
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2287
- us · 109-s-2287 · source updated 10 February 2026