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TH
CONGRESS2
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ESSION
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on excessive 2009 bonuses received from certain major recipients of Federal emergency economic assistance, to limit the deduction allowablefor such bonuses, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Mrs. B
OXER
(for herself and Mr. W
EBB
) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to imposean excise tax on excessive 2009 bonuses received fromcertain major recipients of Federal emergency economicassistance, to limit the deduction allowable for such bo-nuses, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Taxpayer Fairness
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
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Congress finds the following:
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(1) During the years 2008 and 2009, the Na-
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tion’s largest financial firms received extraordinary
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and unprecedented assistance from the public.
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(2) Such assistance was critical to the success
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and in many cases the survival of these firms during
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the year 2009.
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(3) High earners at such firms should con-
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tribute a portion of any excessive bonuses obtained
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for the year 2009 to help the Nation reduce the pub-
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lic debt and recover from the recession.
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SEC. 3. EXCISE TAXES ON EXCESSIVE 2009 BONUSES RE-
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CEIVED FROM MAJOR RECIPIENTS OF FED-
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ERAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.
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(a) I
MPOSITION OF
T
AX
.—Chapter 46 of the Internal
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Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
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the following new section:
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‘‘SEC. 4999A. EXCESSIVE 2009 BONUSES RECEIVED FROM
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MAJOR RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL EMER-
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GENCY ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.
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‘‘(a) I
MPOSITION OF
T
AX
.—There is hereby imposed
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on any person who receives a covered excessive 2009 bonus
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a tax equal to 50 percent of the amount of such bonus.
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‘‘(b) D
EFINITION
.—For purposes of this section, the
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term ‘covered excessive 2009 bonus’ has the meaning
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given such term by section 280I(b).
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‘‘(c) A
DMINISTRATIVE
P
ROVISIONS AND
S
PECIAL
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R
ULES
.—
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‘‘(1) W
ITHHOLDING
.—
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‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL
.—In the case of any
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covered excessive 2009 bonus which is treated
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as wages for purposes of section 3402, the
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amount otherwise required to be deducted and
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withheld under such section shall be increased
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by the amount of the tax imposed by this sec-
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tion on such bonus.
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‘‘(B) B
ONUSES PAID BEFORE ENACT
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MENT
.—In the case of any covered excessive
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2009 bonus to which subparagraph (A) applies
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which is paid before the date of the enactment
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of this section, no penalty, addition to tax, or
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interest shall be imposed with respect to any
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failure to deduct and withhold the tax imposed
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by this section on such bonus.
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‘‘(2) T
REATMENT OF TAX
.—For purposes of
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subtitle F, any tax imposed by this section shall be
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treated as a tax imposed by subtitle A.
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‘‘(3) N
OTICE REQUIREMENTS
.—The Secretary
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shall require each major Federal emergency eco-
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nomic assistance recipient (as defined in section
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280I(d)(1)) to notify, as soon as practicable after
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