Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act

Tax Reform Promoted comprehensive approach to tax reform that avoids enacting reform for C corporations at the expense of flow-through entities or otherwise disadvantaging multifamily real estate relative to other asset classes. Support maintaining current law regarding: (1) the tax treatment of carried interest; (2) the full deductibility of business interest; (3) the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (while also increasing program resources) and tax-exempt private activity housing bonds; (4) the permanent estate tax rules enacted in January 2013; (5) Section 1031 like-kind exchanges; (6) the 27.5-year depreciation period for multifamily buildings; (7) depreciation recapture; and (8) the deductibility of state and local real estate taxes. We oppose proposals increasing taxes on capital gains. Finally, we favor: (1) repealing or reforming FIRPTA rules to incent foreign investment in U.S. real estate; and (2) expanding incentives for energy efficiency in commercial buildings (i.e., Internal Revenue Code Section 179D). Obama Administration's Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Revenue Proposal to Modify Like-Kind Exchange Rules for Real Property and Collectibles Obama Administration's Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Revenue Proposal to Reform the Taxation of Capital Income H.R. 1, Tax Reform Act of 2014 (113th Congress). Section 1001: Simplification of individual income tax rates. Section 1002: Deduction for adjusted net capital gain. Section 1405: Repeal of deduction for taxes not paid or accrued in a trade or business. Section 1502: Determination of net earnings from self employment. Section 3104: Reform of accelerated cost recovery system. Section 3113: Repeal of deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings. Section 3133: Repeal of like-kind exchanges. Section 3139: Depreciation recapture on gain from disposition of certain depreciable realty. Section 3204: Low-income housing tax credit. Section 3217: Repeal of new energy efficient home credit. Section 3431: Termination of private activity bonds. Section 3621: Ordinary income treatment in the case of partnership interest held in connection with performance of services. Senate Committee on Finance Chairman's Staff Discussion Draft to Reform Certain Business Provisions (113th Congress). Section 2: Repeal of Certain Specialized Expensing Provisions (i.e., Section 179D). Section 11: Pooled Asset Cost Recovery System and Depreciation of Real Property. Section 12. Rules Related to Treatment of Gains from Depreciable Property. Section 15. Repeal of Like-Kind Exchanges. Tax Extenders We supported the permanent extension of Bonus Depreciation, Section 179 Small Business Expensing, the flat 9 Percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (with an expansion to provide for a flat 4 percent LITHC for acquisitions), the Energy Efficient Commercial Building Deduction (with an expansion to allow for retrofits of multifamily properties), the New Energy Efficient Home Credit, and the New Markets Tax Credit H.R. 636, America's Small Business Tax Relief Act. Section 2: Expensing of Certain Depreciable Assets for Small Business S. 1660, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation, all provisions. Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) We support FIRPTA repeal. If this is not feasible, we favor: (1) exempting from the application of FIRPTA gains of foreign pension funds from the disposition of U.S. real property interests; and (2) increasing the amount of U.S. REIT stock minority shareholders can hold without triggering tax. S. 915, Real Estate and Investment Jobs Act of 2015, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investments in United States real property interests, and for other purposes, all provisions. H.R. 2128, Real Estate Investment and Jobs Act of 2015, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investments in United States real property interests, and for other purposes, all provisions. Obama Administration's Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Revenue Proposal to Exempt Foreign Pension Funds from the Application of the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) H.R. 1142, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program, all provisions. S. 1193, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program, all provisions Draft legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the conversion of private activity bond volume cap into State housing credit ceiling for allocation under the low-income housing tax credit, all provisions. Obama Administration's Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Revenue Proposal to Reform and Expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), allow conversion of private activity bond volume cap into LIHTCs and encourage mixed income occupancy by allowing LIHTC-supported projects to elect a criterion employing a restriction on average income. We also favor proposals to expand LIHTC resources, such those to enable the conversion of private activity bonds into Low-Income Housing Tax Credits and to provide a minimum 4 percent credit rate for Housing Bond-financed properties. Energy Tax Incentives S. 2189, the Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act (113th Congress). Section 101: Extension and modification of deduction for energy-efficient commercial buildings. Section 102. Deduction for retrofits of existing commercial and multifamily buildings. Estate Tax H.R. 1105, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015, Section 2. Repeal of Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes. Carried Interest H.R. 2889, Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2015, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986to provide for the proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities, all provisions. S. 1686, Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2015, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986to provide for the proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities, all provisions. Obama Administration's Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Revenue Proposal to Tax Carried Interests as Ordinary Income Fire Sprinklers H.R. 5622 (113th Congress), Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include automated fire sprinkler system retrofits as section 179 property and classify certain automated fire sprinkler system retrofits as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation, all provisions. S. 1163 (113th Congress), Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include automated fire sprinkler system retrofits as section 179 property and classify certain automated fire sprinkler system retrofits as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation, all provisions.