Consumer Debt Forgiveness Tax Relief Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2640
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2015-06-03
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Consumer credit

Income tax exclusion
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Consumer Debt Forgiveness Tax Relief Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, income that is imputed to the discharge of qualified consumer indebtedness. Defines "qualified consumer indebtedness" as any indebtedness of a natural person arising out of a transaction in which the money, property, or services that are the subject of the transaction are primarily for personal, family, or&nbsp;household purposes. Provides that the aggregate amount of discharged&nbsp;indebtedness&nbsp;excludible from gross income shall not exceed the excess of $2,500 over the aggregate amounts treated as qualified consumer indebtedness for all prior taxable years. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2640 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 3, 2015 Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Hunter ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for discharge of consumer indebtedness.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Consumer Debt Forgiveness Tax Relief Act of 2015 . 2. Exclusion from gross income for discharge of consumer indebtedness (a) In general Paragraph (1) of section 108(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking or at the end of subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) and inserting , or , and by adding at the end the following: (F) the indebtedness discharged is qualified consumer indebtedness. . (b) Special rules relating to qualified consumer indebtedness Section 108 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) Special rules relating to qualified consumer indebtedness (1) Qualified consumer indebtedness defined For purposes of this section, the term qualified consumer indebtedness means any indebtedness of a natural person arising out of a transaction in which the money, property, or services which are the subject of the transaction are primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. (2) Overall limitation The aggregate amount of discharged indebtedness treated as qualified consumer indebtedness for the taxable year shall not exceed the excess (if any) of— (A) $2,500, over (B) the aggregate amounts treated as qualified consumer indebtedness with respect to such taxpayer for all prior taxable years. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to indebtedness discharged after the date of the enactment of this Act.