United States · Bill · S
S. 594 (98th)
Family Business Preservation Act
Introduced
24 February 1983
Last action
24 March 1983 · Committee
Status
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.
Sponsors
Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN], Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK], Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC], Rep. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID-1]
Subjects
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Source updated
29 August 2025
Summary
Family Business Preservation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that for purposes of the accumulated earnings tax any accumulation before the death of a shareholder needed to redeem stock death shall be treated as a reasonable business need. Modifies the alternate extension of time for payment of the estate tax where the estate consists largely of an interest in a closely held business to increase from 15 to 35 the number of shareholders in a qualifying closely held business.
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Timeline
24 February 1983
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
24 February 1983
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
24 March 1983
Committee
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
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Documents
1 official file
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 24 February 1983
Sponsors
- Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID-1] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
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Sources
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- us · 98-s-594 · source updated 29 August 2025