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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 6754
To provide clarification regarding the tax treatment of expenses paid or
incurred with proceeds from Paycheck Protection Program loans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 8, 2020
Mrs. FLETCHER (for herself, Ms. CRAIG, and Mr. KIM) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To provide clarification regarding the tax treatment of ex-
penses paid or incurred with proceeds from Paycheck
Protection Program loans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting the Pay-
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check Protection Program Act of 2020’’.
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SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF TAX TREATMENT OF EXPENSES
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PAID OR INCURRED WITH PROCEEDS FROM
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PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM LOANS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the Internal Rev-
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enue Code of 1986 and notwithstanding any other provi-
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sion of law, any deduction and the basis of any property
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shall be determined without regard to whether any amount
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is excluded from gross income under section 1106(i) of
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the CARES Act.
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(b) CLARIFICATION OF EXCLUSION OF LOAN FOR-
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GIVENESS.—Section 1106(i) of the CARES Act is amend-
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ed to read as follows:
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‘‘(i) TAXABILITY.—For purposes of the Internal Rev-
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enue Code of 1986, no amount shall be included in the
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gross income of the eligible recipient by reason of forgive-
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ness of indebtedness described in subsection (b).’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Subsection (a) and the
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amendment made by subsection (b) shall take effect as
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if included in section 1106 of the CARES Act.
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