S. 796 (119th)Bill Overview

Book Minimum Tax Repeal Act

Taxation|Taxation
Cosponsors
Support
Republican
Introduced
Feb 27, 2025
Discussions
Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S1431)

Introduced
Committee
Floor
President
Law
Congressional Activities
01 · The brief
Plain-English summaryWhat this bill actually does

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.

Why people may split

Liberals emphasize revenue loss and tax fairness concerns

Watch point

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.

Passage30/100

Technically narrow but high fiscal cost and lack of compromise features lower enactment chances, especially in the Senate.

CredibilityPartial

How solid the drafting looks.

Contention78/100

Liberals emphasize revenue loss and tax fairness concerns

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Likely benefits vs burdens50% / 50%
Likely helpedFederal agencies

These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.

Likely helped
  • 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.
Likely burdened
  • 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.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

Liberals emphasize revenue loss and tax fairness concerns
Progressive10%

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.

Likely resistant
Centrist45%

Approaches the bill cautiously: welcomes simpler rules but worries about revenue and distributional effects.

Would seek CBO scoring and credible offsets before supporting passage.

Split reaction
Conservative90%

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.

Leans supportive
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

Introduced

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

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Floor

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President

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Law

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Passage likelihood30/100

Technically narrow but high fiscal cost and lack of compromise features lower enactment chances, especially in the Senate.

Scope and complexity
24%
Scopenarrow
52%
Complexitymedium
Why this could stall
  • No public cost estimate (CBO/score) included
  • Level of committee and caucus support unknown
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

No vote history yet

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06 · Go deeper

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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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