- Potential benefitReduces or eliminates AMT liabilities for corporations that previously paid corporate AMT.
- Potential benefitIncreases after-tax corporate cash flow available for investment, hiring, or debt reduction.
- Potential benefitSimplifies corporate tax compliance by removing AMT calculations and related reporting requirements.
Book Minimum Tax Repeal Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S1431)
This bill repeals the corporate alternative minimum tax (the corporate AMT) in Internal Revenue Code section 55, removes related statutory cross-references, and makes conforming amendments. It treats corporations as having a tentative minimum tax of zero for certain credit calculations.
Liberals emphasize revenue loss and tax fairness concerns
Narrow scope helps clarity, but revenue loss and partisan division over tax cuts raise hurdles.
This bill repeals the corporate alternative minimum tax (the corporate AMT) in Internal Revenue Code section 55, removes related statutory cross-references, and makes conforming amendments.
It treats corporations as having a tentative minimum tax of zero for certain credit calculations.
The repeal applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
Technically narrow but high fiscal cost and lack of compromise features lower enactment chances, especially in the Senate.
How solid the drafting looks.
Liberals emphasize revenue loss and tax fairness concerns
Who stands to gain, and who may push back.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
- Federal agenciesReduces federal corporate tax revenue compared with current law, likely increasing budget shortfalls.
- Potential burdenMay primarily benefit large, highly profitable corporations, altering effective tax distribution.
- Potential burdenCould encourage tax preference exploitation, increasing gap between book income and taxable income.
Why the argument around this bill splits.
Liberals emphasize revenue loss and tax fairness concerns
Likely views the bill negatively as a targeted tax cut for corporations that reduces tax progressivity and federal revenue.
Sees repeal as favoring profitable firms over funding for social programs unless fully offset.
Approaches the bill cautiously: welcomes simpler rules but worries about revenue and distributional effects.
Would seek CBO scoring and credible offsets before supporting passage.
Likely strongly supports repeal as pro-growth tax relief that removes an onerous corporate minimum tax.
Views change as improving competitiveness and reducing business tax complexity.
The path through Congress.
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Technically narrow but high fiscal cost and lack of compromise features lower enactment chances, especially in the Senate.
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- Level of committee and caucus support unknown
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Liberals emphasize revenue loss and tax fairness concerns
Technically narrow but high fiscal cost and lack of compromise features lower enactment chances, especially in the Senate.
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