Capital Access for Small Business Banks Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify S corporation shareholder and preferred stock rules with respect to banks. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Capital Access for Small Business Banks Act 2. S corporation banks permitted to have 500 (a) In general Section 1361(c) (7) Bank shareholder limit In the case of a bank (as defined in section 581) or a depository institution holding company (as defined in section 3(w)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1813(w)(1) 500 shareholders 100 shareholders . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. 3. Bank issuance of preferred stock permitted (a) In General Section 1361 (h) Treatment of Qualified Preferred Bank Stock (1) In general Qualified preferred bank stock shall not be taken into account as outstanding stock of the S corporation for purposes of this subchapter (other than subsection (b)(1)(A) and section 1368(g)). (2) Qualified preferred bank stock For purposes of this subsection, the term qualified preferred bank stock (A) is issued by a bank (as defined in section 581) or a depository institution holding company (as defined in section 3(w)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1813(w)(1) (B) is not held by a person ineligible under subsection (b)(1) to be a shareholder of a small business corporation, and (C) meets the requirements of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 1504(a)(4). . (b) Distributions includible in shareholder gross income and deductible by S Section 1368 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (g) Qualified preferred bank stock If a shareholder receives a distribution (not in part or full payment in exchange for stock) from an S corporation with respect to any qualified preferred bank stock (as defined in section 1361(h))— (1) the amount of such distribution shall be includible in gross income of the shareholder, and (2) there shall be allowed as a deduction by the corporation for the taxable year of such corporation in which or with which ends the taxable year in which such amount is included in the gross income of the shareholder an amount equal to the amount which bears the same ratio to the amount of such distribution as— (A) the highest rate of tax in effect for the taxable year with respect to individuals for qualified dividend income (as defined in section 1(h)(11)), over (B) the highest rate of tax in effect for the taxable year with respect to individuals under subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of section 1 (after the application of subsection (i) thereof). . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.

Summary: Capital Access for Small Business Banks Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a bank or a depository institution holding company which is an S corporation to: (1) have 500 shareholders (the current limit is 100 shareholders), and (2) issue qualified preferred bank stock. The bill makes a distribution of qualified preferred bank stock to a shareholder includible in the gross income of the shareholder and allows the bank or holding company to deduct the amount of such distribution.