Fair Treatment for All Gifts Act

Bill: 114-s-942
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2015-04-15
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions

Tax-exempt organizations

Transfer and inheritance taxes
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Fair Treatment for All Gifts Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction from the taxable&nbsp;amount of gifts for gifts made to specified tax-exempt organizations, including: (1) social welfare organizations; (2) labor, agricultural, and horticultural organizations; and (3) business leagues, chambers of commerce, real-estate boards, boards of trade, and professional football leagues.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 942 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 15, 2015 Mr. Portman 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 provide a deduction from the gift tax for gifts made to certain exempt organizations.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Treatment for All Gifts Act . 2. Deduction from gift tax for gifts made to certain exempt organizations (a) In general Section 2522(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting a semicolon and by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: (5) an organization described in paragraph (4), (5), or (6) of section 501(c) and exempt from tax under section 501(a). . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to gifts made after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) No inference Nothing in the amendments made by subsection (a) shall be construed to create any inference with respect to whether any transfer of property (whether made before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act) to an organization described in paragraph (4), (5), or (6) of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is a transfer of property by gift for purposes of chapter 12 of such Code.