Real Estate Investment and Jobs Act of 2015

Summary

Real Estate Investment and Jobs Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of stock interests of foreign investors, to: (1) increase from 5% to 10% the stock ownership threshold in a real estate investment trust (REIT) for exempting such stock from treatment as a U.S. real property interest on disposition, (2) increase from from 10% to 15% the rate of withholding of tax on dispositions of U.S. real property interests, (3) require a corporation to notify the Department of the Treasury of its status as a U.S. real property holding corporation and to disclose such status on payee statements, (4) impose a penalty on a corporation for failing to make such disclosure, (5) require brokers who sell stock of a U.S. real property holding corporation to a foreign person to withhold 15% of the amount realized on the sale, and (6) deny dividends derived from regulated investment companies and REITs the tax deduction for the U.S.-sourced portion of such dividends received from a foreign-owned corporation. The bill also increases from 30% to 35% the rate of the continuous levy on payments to Medicare providers and suppliers for unpaid taxes.

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• Placed on Calendar Senate (text)

  Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 14 April 2015

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• Placed on Calendar Senate (PDF)

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• Reported to Senate without amendment

  summary · EN · 14 April 2015

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 14 April 2015

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