End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act

Bill: 116-s-73
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-01-10
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses

Income tax deductions

Marketing and advertising

Prescription drugs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-01-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits tax deductions for expenses relating to direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs. </p> <p>&quot;Direct-to-consumer advertising&quot; is any dissemination, by or on behalf of a sponsor of a prescription drug product, of an advertisement that is (1) in regard to the drug product, and (2) primarily targeted to the general public. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 73 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 10, 2019 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. Brown , Mr. King , Ms. Hassan , Mr. Whitehouse , Ms. Baldwin , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Reed , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Blumenthal , Ms. Warren , Ms. Hirono , Ms. Smith , Mr. Schatz , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Bennet , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Manchin , and Mr. Leahy ) 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 deny the deduction for advertising and promotional expenses for prescription drugs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act . 2. Disallowance of deduction for advertising and promotional expenses for prescription drugs (a) In general Part IX of subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to items not deductible) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 280I. Disallowance of deduction for direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs (a) In general No deduction shall be allowed under this chapter for expenses relating to direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs for any taxable year. (b) Direct-to-Consumer advertising For purposes of this section, the term direct-to-consumer advertising means any dissemination, by or on behalf of a sponsor of a prescription drug product (as such term is defined in section 735(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act), of an advertisement which— (1) is in regard to such prescription drug product, and (2) primarily targeted to the general public, including through— (A) publication in journals, magazines, other periodicals, and newspapers, (B) broadcasting through media such as radio, television, and telephone communication systems, direct mail, and billboards, and (C) dissemination on the Internet or through digital platforms (including social media, mobile media, web applications, digital applications, mobile applications, and electronic applications). . (b) Conforming amendment The table of sections for such part IX of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding after the item relating to section 280H the following new item: Sec. 280I. Disallowance of deduction for direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after the date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years ending after such date.