S. 1613

119 S1613 IS: Tax Relief for New Businesses Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-05-06
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  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 1613
  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
  May 6, 2025
  Ms. Rosen  (for herself,  Mrs. Shaheen ,  Ms.
  Baldwin ,  Mr. Wyden ,  Mr. Blumenthal ,  Ms.
  Klobuchar ,  Mr. Heinrich ,
  Mr. Coons ,  Ms.
  Slotkin ,  Mr. Gallego , and
  Ms. Alsobrooks ) introduced the following
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Finance
  A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitations for
  deductible new business expenditures, to consolidate provisions for start-up and
  organizational expenditures, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Tax Relief for New Businesses Act  .
2.
New business expenditures
(a)
Consolidation of deduction for start-Up and organizational
  expenditures
(1)
In general
 Section 195(a)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting  or organizational  after  start-up .
(2)
Organizational expenditures
Subsection (c) of  section 195  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(3)
Organizational expenditures
The term  organizational expenditures  means any expenditure which—
(A)
is incident to the creation of a corporation or a partnership,
(B)
is chargeable to capital account, and
(C)
is of a character which, if expended incident to the creation of a corporation or a partnership having a limited life, would be amortizable over such life.
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(3)
Conforming amendments
(A)
Section 195(b)(1) is amended—
(i)
by striking  with respect to any start-up expenses  and inserting  with respect to any active trade or business ,
(ii)
by striking  the amount of start-up expenditures with respect to  in subparagraph (A)(i) thereof and inserting  the aggregate amount of start-up and organizational expenditures paid in connection with , and
(iii)
by adding at the end the following flush sentence:
    In the case of a partnership or S corporation, the election under the preceding sentence shall be made at the entity level.   .
(B)
Section 195(b)(2) of such Code is amended—
(i)
by striking
amortization period.— In any case  and inserting the following:
amortization period.—
(A)
In general
In any case
  , and
(ii)
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
(B)
Special partnership rule
In the case of a partnership or S corporation, subparagraph (A) shall be applied at the entity level.
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(C)
Section 195(b) of such Code is amended by striking paragraph (3).
(D)
(i)
Part VIII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by striking section 248 (and by striking the item relating to such section in the table of sections for such part).
(ii)
Section 170(b)(2)(C)(ii) of such Code is amended by striking  (except section 248) .
(iii)
Section 312(n)(3) of such Code is amended by striking  Sections 173 and 248  and inserting  Section 173 .
(iv)
Section 535(b)(3) of such Code is amended by striking  (except section 248) .
(v)
Paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 545(b) of such Code are each amended by striking  (except section 248) .
(vi)
Section 834(c)(7) of such Code is amended by striking  (except section 248) .
(vii)
Section 852(b)(2)(C) of such Code is amended by striking  (except section 248) .
(viii)
Section 857(b)(2)(A) of such Code is amended by striking  (except section 248) .
(ix)
Section 1363(b) of such Code is amended by inserting  and  at the end of paragraph (2), by striking paragraph (3), and by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
(x)
Section 1375(b)(1)(B)(i) of such Code is amended by striking  (other than the deduction allowed by section 248, relating to organization expenditures) .
(E)
(i)
Section 709 of such Code is amended to read as follows:
709.
Treatment of syndication fees
No deduction shall be allowed under this chapter to a partnership or to any partner of the partnership for any amounts paid or incurred to promote the sale of (or to sell) an interest in the partnership.
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(ii)
The item relating to section 709 in the table of sections for part I of subchapter K of chapter 1 of such Code is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 709. Treatment of syndication
  fees.
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(F)
The heading of section 195 of such Code (and the item relating to such section in the table of sections for part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code) are each amended by inserting  and organizational  after  Start-up .
(b)
Increase in limitation
Clause (ii) of  section 195(b)(1)(A)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
(1)
by striking  $5,000  and inserting  $50,000 , and
(2)
by striking  $50,000  and inserting  $150,000 .
(c)
Application of net operating loss rules
 Section 172  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h) and by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection:
(g)
Special rules for start-Up and organizational expenditures
(1)
In general
In the case of a taxpayer making an election under this subsection—
(A)
this section shall be applied separately to start-up and organizational net operating losses and other net operating losses,
(B)
in applying this section to start-up and organizational net operating losses—
(i)
subsection (a)(2)(B) shall be applied by substituting  100 percent  for  80 percent   in clause (i) thereof, and
(ii)
subsection (b)(2)(C) shall not apply, and
(C)
in applying this section to other net operating losses, for purposes of subsections (a)(2)(B)(ii)(I) and (b)(2), taxable income shall be reduced by the amount of the deduction allowed under this section with respect to start-up and organizational net operating losses.
(2)
Start-up and organizational net operating loss
For purposes of this section, the term  start-up and organizational net operating loss  means the amount which would be a net operating loss if the only deduction taken into account were the deduction allowed under section 195.
(3)
Other net operating losses
For purposes of this section, the term  other net operating loss  means the net operating loss determined without regard to the deduction allowed under section 195.
(4)
Election
An election under this section shall be made at such time and in such form and manner as the Secretary shall prescribe. Such an election, once made, shall be irrevocable.
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(d)
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply to expenses paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.