Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
The bill adds a new subsection to Internal Revenue Code section 45E creating a microemployer pension plan startup credit. For a defined "qualified microemployer," it substitutes 100 percent for 50 percent in subsection (a) and replaces $2,500 with $500 in subsection (b)(1).
Debate over net impact: retirement coverage gains vs limited dollar cap
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill plainly aims to enact a substantive modification to the Internal Revenue Code to provide a microemployer pension plan startup credit, and it contains the core structural elements of such an amendment (new subsection, definitional language, and an effective date).
The bill adds a new subsection to Internal Revenue Code section 45E creating a microemployer pension plan startup credit.
For a defined "qualified microemployer," it substitutes 100 percent for 50 percent in subsection (a) and replaces $2,500 with $500 in subsection (b)(1).
It defines "qualified microemployer" by referencing section 408(p)(2)(C)(i)(I) with a substitution and requires the employer plan to accept payment of a matching contribution under section 6433.
A narrow, non-ideological expansion of an existing credit has decent odds; missing cost offsets and procedural hurdles reduce certainty.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill plainly aims to enact a substantive modification to the Internal Revenue Code to provide a microemployer pension plan startup credit, and it contains the core structural elements of such an amendment (new subsection, definitional language, and an effective date).
Debate over net impact: retirement coverage gains vs limited dollar cap
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Debate over net impact: retirement coverage gains vs limited dollar cap
Generally favorable: the bill targets small employers to expand retirement coverage by increasing the credit rate for designated microemployers.
Supportive if it meaningfully increases access for low-capacity employers, though the lower dollar cap and technical eligibility rules raise questions.
Cautiously positive: the bill is a modest, targeted incentive to expand employer-sponsored retirement coverage for very small employers.
It appears fiscally limited but needs clearer cost estimates and simpler eligibility to avoid implementation problems.
Mildly supportive in principle: encourages private retirement coverage rather than new entitlement programs.
Concerns center on added tax-code complexity and potential federal expense; would prefer simpler, broader tax relief to spur plan adoption.
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A narrow, non-ideological expansion of an existing credit has decent odds; missing cost offsets and procedural hurdles reduce certainty.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Debate over net impact: retirement coverage gains vs limited dollar cap
A narrow, non-ideological expansion of an existing credit has decent odds; missing cost offsets and procedural hurdles reduce certainty.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill plainly aims to enact a substantive modification to the Internal Revenue Code to provide a microemployer pension plan startup credit, and it contains the core structu…
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