United States · Bill · S
S. 996 (111th)
S Corporation Modernization Act of 2009
Introduced
7 May 2009
Last action
7 May 2009 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
S Corporation Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax treatment of S corporations by: (1) permanently reducing from 10 to 7 years the period during which S corporation built-in gains are subject to tax; (2) repealing mandatory termination of S corporation elections for excessive passive investment income; (3) allowing S corporations to increase passive investment income from 25 to 60% without incurring additional tax; (4) allowing nonresident aliens to be potential current beneficiaries of an electing small business trust (ESBT); (5) allowing individual retirement accounts (IRAs) to be S corporation shareholders; (6) allowing ESBTs to claim expanded charitable tax deductions; and (7) making permanent the rule requiring a basis adjustment to stock of an S corporation making charitable contributions of property.
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Timeline
7 May 2009
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
7 May 2009
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5283-5284)
Source: IntroReferral
7 May 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 7 May 2009 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to → S Corporation Modernization Act of 2009
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/996
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/996
- us · 111-s-996 · source updated 5 December 2025