SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE; 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as other-
wise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amend-
ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment 
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference 
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provi-
sion of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; amendment of 1986 Code; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Extension and modification of work opportunity tax credit. 
Sec. 3. Extension and increase of expensing for small business. 
Sec. 4. Determination of credit for certain taxes paid with respect to employee 
cash tips. 
Sec. 5. Waiver of individual and corporate alternative minimum tax limits on 
work opportunity credit and credit for taxes paid with respect 
to employee cash tips. 
Sec. 6. Family business tax simplification. 
Sec. 7. Denial of lowest capital gains rate for certain dependents. 
Sec. 8. Suspension of certain penalties and interest. 
Sec. 9. Time for payment of corporate estimated taxes.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF WORK OPPOR-
TUNITY TAX CREDIT. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 51(c)(4)(B) (relating to 
termination) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2008’’. 
(b) INCREASE IN MAXIMUM AGE FOR DESIGNATED 
COMMUNITY RESIDENTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (5) of section 
51(d) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) DESIGNATED COMMUNITY RESIDENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘designated 
community resident’ means any individual who 
is certified by the designated local agency—
‘‘(i) as having attained age 18 but not 
age 40 on the hiring date, and 
‘‘(ii) as having his principal place of 
abode within an empowerment zone, enter-
prise community, or renewal community. 
‘‘(B) INDIVIDUAL MUST CONTINUE TO RE-
SIDE IN ZONE OR COMMUNITY.—In the case of 
a designated community resident, the term 
‘qualified wages’ shall not include wages paid or 
incurred for services performed while the indi-
vidual’s principal place of abode is outside an 
empowerment zone, enterprise community, or 
renewal community.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph 
(D) of section 51(d)(1) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(D) a designated community resident,’’. 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS 
UNDER INDIVIDUAL WORK PLANS.—Subparagraph (B)
of section 51(d)(6) (relating to vocational rehabilitation 
referral) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 
(i), by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) and 
inserting ‘‘, or’’, and by adding at the end the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(iii) an individual work plan devel-
oped and implemented by an employment 
network pursuant to subsection (g) of sec-
tion 1148 of the Social Security Act with 
respect to which the requirements of such 
subsection are met.’’. 
(d) TREATMENT OF DISABLED VETERANS UNDER 
THE WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT.—
(1) DISABLED
VETERANS
TREATED
AS
MEM-
BERS OF TARGETED GROUP.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of 
section 51(d)(3) (relating to qualified veteran) 
is amended by striking ‘‘agency as being a 
member of a family’’ and all that follows and 
inserting ‘‘agency as—
‘‘(i) being a member of a family re-
ceiving assistance under a food stamp pro-
gram under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 
for at least a 3-month period ending dur-
ing the 12-month period ending on the hir-
ing date, or 
‘‘(ii) entitled to compensation for a 
service-connected disability, and—
‘‘(I) having a hiring date which is 
not more that 1 year after having 
been discharged or released from ac-
tive duty in the Armed Forces of the 
United States, or 
‘‘(II) having aggregate periods of 
unemployment during the 1-year pe-
riod ending on the hiring date which 
equal or exceed 6 months.’’. 
(B) DEFINITIONS.—Paragraph (3) of sec-
tion 51(d) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes 
of subparagraph (A), the terms ‘compensation’ 
and ‘service-connected’ have the meanings given 
such terms under section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code.’’. 
(2) INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF WAGES TAKEN 
INTO
ACCOUNT
FOR
DISABLED
VETERANS.—Para-
graph (3) of section 51(b) is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘($12,000 per year in the 
case of any individual who is a qualified veteran 
by reason of subsection (d)(3)(A)(ii))’’ before 
the period at the end, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘ONLY FIRST $6,000 OF’’ in 
the heading and inserting ‘‘LIMITATION ON’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for 
the employer after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION AND INCREASE OF EXPENSING FOR 
SMALL BUSINESS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(5), 
(c)(2), and (d)(1)(A)(ii) of section 179 (relating to election 
to expense certain depreciable business assets) are each 
amended by striking ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
(b) INCREASE IN LIMITATIONS.—Subsection (b) of 
section 179 is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$100,000 in the case of taxable 
years beginning after 2002’’ in paragraph (1) and 
inserting ‘‘$125,000 in the case of taxable years be-
ginning after 2006’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$400,000 in the case of taxable 
years beginning after 2002’’ in paragraph (2) and 
inserting ‘‘$500,000 in the case of taxable years be-
ginning after 2006’’.
(c) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—Subparagraph (A) of 
section 179(b)(5) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2007’’, 
(2) by striking ‘‘$100,000 and $400,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$125,000 and $500,000’’, and 
(3) by striking ‘‘2002’’ in clause (ii) and insert-
ing ‘‘2006’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2006. 
SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF CREDIT FOR CERTAIN TAXES 
PAID WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOYEE CASH 
TIPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
45B(b)(1) is amended by inserting ‘‘as in effect on Janu-
ary 1, 2007, and’’ before ‘‘determined without regard to’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to tips received for services per-
formed after December 31, 2006.