Infectious Disease Therapies Research and Innovation Act of 2020

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exception from the passive loss rules for investments in specified medical research small business pass-thru entities. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Infectious Disease Therapies Research and Innovation Act of 2020 2. Exception from passive loss rules for investments in specified medical research small business pass-thru entities (a) In general Subsection (c) of section 469 (4) Specified medical research activities (A) In general The term passive activity (B) Treatment of losses and deductions (i) In general Losses or deductions of a taxpayer in connection with qualified medical research activities carried on by a specified medical research small business pass-thru entity shall not be treated as losses or deductions, respectively, from a passive activity except as provided in clause (ii) and subparagraph (C). (ii) Limitation Clause (i) shall apply to losses and deductions of a taxpayer in connection with a specified medical small business pass-thru entity for a taxable year only to the extent that the aggregate losses and deductions of the taxpayer in connection with qualified medical research activities of such entity for such taxable year do not exceed the portion of the taxpayer’s adjusted basis in the taxpayer’s ownership interest in such entity that is attributable to money or other property contributed— (I) in exchange for such ownership interest, and (II) specifically for use in connection with qualified medical research activities. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the taxpayer’s basis shall not include any portion of such basis which is attributable to an increase in a partner’s share of the liabilities of a partnership that is considered under section 752(a) as a contribution of money. (C) Treatment of carryovers Subparagraph (B)(i) shall not apply to the portion of any loss or deduction that is carried over under subsection (b) into a taxable year other than the taxable year in which such loss or deduction arose. (D) Qualified medical research activity For purposes of this paragraph, the term qualified medical research activity (E) Specified medical research small business pass-thru entity For purposes of this paragraph, the term specified medical research small business pass-thru entity (i) more than 80 percent of such entity’s expenditures on qualified research for such taxable year are paid or incurred in connection with qualified medical research activities, and (ii) the gross receipts (as determined under the rules of section 41(h)(3)) of such entity for the taxable year (and each preceding taxable year) is less than $1,000,000. (F) Capital expenditures taken into account for expenditures test An expenditure shall not fail to be taken into account under subparagraph (E)(i) merely because such expenditure is chargeable to capital account. (G) Pass-thru entity For purposes of this paragraph, the term pass-thru entity (H) Aggregation rules (i) In general All persons treated as a single employer under subsection (a) or (b) of section 52, or subsection (m) or (o) of section 414, shall be treated as a single entity for purposes of subparagraphs (E) and (F)(iii). (ii) Limitation where entity would not qualify No entity shall be treated as a specified medical research small business pass-thru entity unless such entity qualifies as such both with and without the application of clause (i). . (b) Material participation not required Paragraph (5) of section 469(c) and (3) , (3), and (4) (c) Certain research-Related deductions and credits of specified medical research small business pass-Thru entities allowed for purposes of determining alternative minimum tax (1) Deduction for research and experimental expenditures Paragraph (2) of section 56(b) (E) Exception for specified medical research small business pass-thru entities In the case of a specified medical research small business pass-thru entity (as defined in section 469(c)(4)), this paragraph shall not apply to any amount allowable as a deduction under section 174(a). . (2) Allowance of certain research-related credits Subparagraph (B) of section 38(c)(4) of such Code is amended by redesignating clauses (ii) through (ix) as clauses (iii) through (x), respectively, and by inserting after clause (i) the following new clause: (ii) the credit of an individual taxpayer determined under section 41 to the extent attributable to a specified medical research small business pass-thru entity (as defined in section 469(c)(4)), . (d) Exception to limitation on pass-Thru of research credit Subsection (g) of section 41 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following: Paragraphs (2) and (4) shall not apply with respect to any specified medical research small business pass-thru entity (as defined in section 469(c)(4)). (e) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to losses and credits arising in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.

Summary: Infectious Disease Therapies Research and Innovation Act of 2020 This bill exempts from the definition of passive activity, for purposes of the passive loss tax rules, any qualified medical research activity of a specified medical research small business pass-thru entity. The bill defines specified medical research small business pass-thru entity as any domestic pass-thru entity if more than 80% of such entity's expenditures on research are paid or incurred in connection with qualified medical research activities and the gross receipts of such entity for the taxable year are less than $1 million.