ALIGN Act

Bill: 116-s-3296
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2020-02-13
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses

Business investment and capital

Income tax deductions
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now Act or the ALIGN Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes permanent the expensing of certain new business equipment. <em>Expensing</em> allows the deduction of the full amount of an expense item in the same taxable year. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3296 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 13, 2020 Mr. Toomey (for himself, Mr. Perdue , Mr. Tillis , Mr. Cruz , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Risch , Mr. Cramer , Mrs. Capito , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Gardner , Mr. Portman , Mr. Braun , Mr. Scott of South Carolina , Mr. Moran , and Mr. Lankford ) 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 permanently allow a tax deduction at the time an investment in qualified property is made, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now Act or the ALIGN Act . 2. Permanent full expensing for qualified property (a) In general Paragraph (6) of section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (6) Applicable percentage For purposes of this subsection, the term applicable percentage means, in the case of property placed in service (or, in the case of a specified plant described in paragraph (5), a plant which is planted or grafted) after September 27, 2017, 100 percent. . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (A)— (I) in clause (i)(V), by inserting and at the end, (II) in clause (ii), by striking clause (ii) of subparagraph (E), and and inserting clause (i) of subparagraph (E). , and (III) by striking clause (iii), (ii) in subparagraph (B)— (I) in clause (i)— (aa) by striking subclauses (II) and (III), and (bb) by redesignating subclauses (IV) through (VI) as subclauses (II) through (IV), respectively, (II) by striking clause (ii), and (III) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (ii) and (iii), respectively, (iii) in subparagraph (C)— (I) in clause (i), by striking and subclauses (II) and (III) of subparagraph (B)(i) , and (II) in clause (ii), by striking subparagraph (B)(iii) and inserting subparagraph (B)(ii) , and (iv) in subparagraph (E)— (I) by striking clause (i), and (II) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and (B) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking planted before January 1, 2027, or is grafted before such date to a plant that has already been planted, and inserting planted or grafted . (2) Section 460(c)(6)(B) of such Code is amended by striking which and all that follows through the period and inserting which has a recovery period of 7 years or less. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in section 13201 of Public Law 115–97 . 3. Technical amendments regarding qualified improvement property (a) In general Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 2, is amended— (1) in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (3)(E), by striking and at the end of clause (v), by striking the period at the end of clause (vi) and inserting , and , and by adding at the end the following new clause: (vii) any qualified improvement property. , and (B) in paragraph (6)(A), by inserting made by the taxpayer after any improvement , and (2) in the table contained in subsection (g)(3)(B)— (A) by striking the item relating to subparagraph (D)(v), and (B) by inserting after the item relating to subparagraph (E)(vi) the following new item: (E)(vii) 20 . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in section 13204 of Public Law 115–97 .