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55 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a partially refundable
66 credit against payroll taxes for certain restaurants affected by the
77 COVID–19 pandemic.
88 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
99 JANUARY24 (legislative day, JANUARY3), 2023
1010 Mr. C
1111 ARDIN(for himself, Mr. BROWN, Mrs. MURRAY, and Mr. MARKEY) in-
1212 troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
1313 mittee on Finance
1414 A BILL
1515 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
1616 a partially refundable credit against payroll taxes for
1717 certain restaurants affected by the COVID–19 pandemic.
1818 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
1919 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2020 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2121 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restaurant Revitaliza-4
2222 tion Tax Credit Act’’. 5
2323 SEC. 2. RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION CREDIT. 6
2424 (a) I
2525 NGENERAL.—Subchapter D of chapter 21 of 7
2626 subtitle C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-8
2727 ed by adding at the end the following new section: 9
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3131 ‘‘SEC. 3135. RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION CREDIT. 1
3232 ‘‘(a) I
3333 NGENERAL.—In the case of an eligible em-2
3434 ployer, there shall be allowed as a credit against applicable 3
3535 employment taxes for each calendar quarter an amount 4
3636 equal to 100 percent of the wages with respect to each 5
3737 employee of such employer for such calendar quarter. 6
3838 ‘‘(b) L
3939 IMITATIONS ANDREFUNDABILITY.— 7
4040 ‘‘(1) I
4141 N GENERAL.—The aggregate amount of 8
4242 wages which may be taken into account under sub-9
4343 section (a) by the eligible employer for any calendar 10
4444 quarter shall not exceed $25,000. 11
4545 ‘‘(2) C
4646 REDIT LIMITED TO EMPLOYMENT 12
4747 TAXES.—The credit allowed by subsection (a) with 13
4848 respect to any calendar quarter shall not exceed the 14
4949 applicable employment taxes (reduced by any credits 15
5050 allowed under subsections (e) and (f) of section 16
5151 3111) on the wages paid with respect to the employ-17
5252 ment of all the employees of the eligible employer for 18
5353 such calendar quarter. For purposes of the pre-19
5454 ceding sentence, the credit allowed under subsection 20
5555 (a) shall be applied first against applicable employ-21
5656 ment taxes described in subsection (c)(1)(A). 22
5757 ‘‘(3) P
5858 ARTIAL REFUNDABILITY OF EXCESS 23
5959 CREDIT.— 24
6060 ‘‘(A) I
6161 N GENERAL.—If the amount of the 25
6262 credit under subsection (a) exceeds the limita-26
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6666 tion of paragraph (2), so much of such excess 1
6767 as does not exceed the applicable employer re-2
6868 fund limitation shall be treated as an overpay-3
6969 ment that shall be refunded under sections 4
7070 6402(a) and 6413(b). 5
7171 ‘‘(B) A
7272 PPLICABLE EMPLOYER REFUND 6
7373 LIMITATION.—For purposes of subparagraph 7
7474 (A), the applicable employer refund limitation is 8
7575 the excess of— 9
7676 ‘‘(i) $25,000, over 10
7777 ‘‘(ii) the amount of credit treated as 11
7878 an overpayment of the eligible employer by 12
7979 reason of this paragraph for all preceding 13
8080 calendar quarters. 14
8181 ‘‘(C) R
8282 EDUCTION BASED ON NUMBER OF 15
8383 EMPLOYEES.—In the case of any eligible em-16
8484 ployer for which the average number of full- 17
8585 time employees (within the meaning of section 18
8686 4980H) employed by such eligible employer 19
8787 during the last calendar quarter of 2022 20
8888 (rounded to the nearest multiple of 1) exceeds 21
8989 10, the $25,000 dollar amount under subpara-22
9090 graph (A)(ii)(I) shall be reduced (but not below 23
9191 zero) by the product of such excess and $2,500. 24
9292 ‘‘(c) D
9393 EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 25
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9797 ‘‘(1) APPLICABLE EMPLOYMENT TAXES .—The 1
9898 term ‘applicable employment taxes’ means the fol-2
9999 lowing: 3
100100 ‘‘(A) The taxes imposed under section 4
101101 3111(a). 5
102102 ‘‘(B) The taxes imposed under section 6
103103 3111(b). 7
104104 ‘‘(2) E
105105 LIGIBLE EMPLOYER.— 8
106106 ‘‘(A) I
107107 N GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible em-9
108108 ployer’ means any employer— 10
109109 ‘‘(i) which is an eligible entity (as de-11
110110 fined in section 5003(a) of the American 12
111111 Rescue Plan Act of 2021) which— 13
112112 ‘‘(I) was established before 14
113113 March 14, 2020, 15
114114 ‘‘(II) submitted an application 16
115115 for a grant under section 5003(c) of 17
116116 such Act in accordance with the pro-18
117117 cedures established by the Adminis-19
118118 trator of the Small Business Adminis-20
119119 tration under such section, 21
120120 ‘‘(III) certifies to the Secretary 22
121121 (in such form and manner as the Sec-23
122122 retary requires) that such employer 24
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126126 was eligible for a grant under such 1
127127 section, and 2
128128 ‘‘(IV) did not receive any grant 3
129129 funds under such section due to a lack 4
130130 of funding, 5
131131 ‘‘(ii) which paid applicable employ-6
132132 ment taxes with respect to pay periods oc-7
133133 curring in at least 2 calendar quarters of 8
134134 calendar year 2021, and 9
135135 ‘‘(iii) which meets the gross receipts 10
136136 test of subparagraph (B). 11
137137 ‘‘(B) G
138138 ROSS RECEIPTS TEST .—An em-12
139139 ployer meets the gross receipts test of this sub-13
140140 paragraph if— 14
141141 ‘‘(i) the gross receipts of such em-15
142142 ployer for any applicable calendar year 16
143143 were less than 50 percent the gross re-17
144144 ceipts of such employer for calendar year 18
145145 2019, or 19
146146 ‘‘(ii) the average gross receipts of 20
147147 such employer for all applicable calendar 21
148148 years were less than 70 percent the gross 22
149149 receipts of such employer for the calendar 23
150150 year 2019. 24
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154154 ‘‘(C) APPLICABLE CALENDAR YEAR .—For 1
155155 purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘applicable 2
156156 calendar year’ means any of the following: 3
157157 ‘‘(i) Calendar year 2020. 4
158158 ‘‘(ii) Calendar year 2021. 5
159159 ‘‘(D) S
160160 PECIAL RULE FOR EMPLOYERS NOT 6
161161 IN EXISTENCE FOR ENTIRETY OF 2019 .—In the 7
162162 case of any employer that was in existence be-8
163163 fore January 1, 2020, but not in existence on 9
164164 January 1, 2019, the amount of gross receipts 10
165165 taken into account for any applicable calendar 11
166166 year shall be the amount of such gross receipts 12
167167 (determined without regard to this clause) mul-13
168168 tiplied by the ratio of— 14
169169 ‘‘(i) the number of days during 2019 15
170170 during which such employer was in exist-16
171171 ence, to 17
172172 ‘‘(ii) 365. 18
173173 ‘‘(E) S
174174 PECIAL RULE FOR EMPLOYERS NOT 19
175175 IN EXISTENCE BEFORE 2020 .—In the case of 20
176176 any employer that was not in existence before 21
177177 January 1, 2020, in applying this paragraph— 22
178178 ‘‘(i) the amount of gross receipts for 23
179179 calendar year 2019 shall be equal to the 24
180180 product of— 25
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184184 ‘‘(I) the amount of gross receipts 1
185185 for the period beginning on the date 2
186186 the employer was established and end-3
187187 ing before March 14, 2020, and 4
188188 ‘‘(II) the ratio of 366 to the 5
189189 number of days in the period de-6
190190 scribed in subclause (I), and 7
191191 ‘‘(ii) the amount of gross receipts for 8
192192 calendar year 2020 shall be equal to the 9
193193 product of— 10
194194 ‘‘(I) the amount of gross receipts 11
195195 for the period beginning after March 12
196196 13, 2020, and ending on December 13
197197 31, 2020, and 14
198198 ‘‘(II) the ratio of 366 to the 15
199199 number of days in the period de-16
200200 scribed in subclause (I). 17
201201 ‘‘(3) W
202202 AGES.— 18
203203 ‘‘(A) I
204204 N GENERAL.—The term ‘wages’ has 19
205205 the meaning given such term under section 20
206206 3121(a), determined without regard to para-21
207207 graph (1) thereof. 22
208208 ‘‘(B) E
209209 XCEPTION.—Such term shall not in-23
210210 clude any wages taken into account under sec-24
211211 tions 41, 45A, 45P, 45S, 51, and 1396. 25
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215215 ‘‘(4) OTHER TERMS.—Any term used in this 1
216216 section which is also used in this chapter shall have 2
217217 the same meaning as when used in this chapter. 3
218218 ‘‘(d) A
219219 GGREGATIONRULE.—All persons treated as a 4
220220 single employer under subsection (a) or (b) of section 52, 5
221221 or subsection (m) or (o) of section 414, shall be treated 6
222222 as one employer for purposes of this section. 7
223223 ‘‘(e) E
224224 LECTIONTONOTTAKECERTAINWAGES 8
225225 I
226226 NTOACCOUNT.—This section shall not apply to so much 9
227227 of the wages paid by an eligible employer as such employer 10
228228 elects (at such time and in such manner as the Secretary 11
229229 may prescribe) to not take into account for purposes of 12
230230 this section. 13
231231 ‘‘(f) T
232232 HIRDPARTYPAYORS.—Any credit allowed 14
233233 under this section shall be treated as a credit described 15
234234 in section 3511(d)(2). 16
235235 ‘‘(g) T
236236 REATMENT OF DEPOSITS.—The Secretary 17
237237 shall waive any penalty under section 6656 for any failure 18
238238 to make a deposit of any applicable employment taxes if 19
239239 the Secretary determines that such failure was due to the 20
240240 reasonable anticipation of the credit allowed under this 21
241241 section. 22
242242 ‘‘(h) E
243243 XTENSION OFLIMITATION ONASSESSMENT.— 23
244244 Notwithstanding section 6501, the limitation on the time 24
245245 period for the assessment of any amount attributable to 25
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249249 a credit claimed under this section shall not expire before 1
250250 the date that is 5 years after the later of— 2
251251 ‘‘(1) the date on which the original return 3
252252 which includes the calendar quarter with respect to 4
253253 which such credit is determined is filed, or 5
254254 ‘‘(2) the date on which such return is treated 6
255255 as filed under section 6501(b)(2). 7
256256 ‘‘(i) R
257257 EGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE.—The Secretary 8
258258 shall issue such forms, instructions, regulations, and other 9
259259 guidance as are necessary— 10
260260 ‘‘(1) with respect to the application of the cred-11
261261 it under subsection (a) to third party payors (includ-12
262262 ing professional employer organizations, certified 13
263263 professional employer organizations, or agents under 14
264264 section 3504), including regulations or guidance al-15
265265 lowing such payors to submit documentation nec-16
266266 essary to substantiate the eligible employer status of 17
267267 employers that use such payors, and 18
268268 ‘‘(2) to prevent the avoidance of the purposes of 19
269269 the limitations under this section, including through 20
270270 the leaseback of employees. 21
271271 Any forms, instructions, regulations, or other guidance de-22
272272 scribed in paragraph (1) shall require the customer to be 23
273273 responsible for the accounting of the credit and for any 24
274274 liability for improperly claimed credits and shall require 25
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278278 the certified professional employer organization or other 1
279279 third party payor to accurately report such tax credits 2
280280 based on the information provided by the customer. 3
281281 ‘‘(j) A
282282 PPLICATION.—This section shall only apply to 4
283283 wages paid after December 31, 2022, and before January 5
284284 1, 2024.’’. 6
285285 (b) R
286286 EFUNDS.—Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of 7
287287 title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 8
288288 ‘‘3135,’’ after ‘‘3134,’’. 9
289289 (c) C
290290 LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 10
291291 for subchapter D of chapter 21 of subtitle C of the Inter-11
292292 nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the 12
293293 end the following: 13
294294 ‘‘Sec. 3135. Restaurant revitalization credit.’’.
295295 (d) COORDINATIONWITHSMALLBUSINESSADMIN-14
296296 ISTRATION.—The Administrator of the Small Business 15
297297 Administration shall coordinate with and provide informa-16
298298 tion to the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s 17
299299 delegate) to assist in identifying employers that are eligi-18
300300 ble for the credit allowed by section 3135 of the Internal 19
301301 Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this section. 20
302302 (e) E
303303 FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 21
304304 this section shall apply to calendar quarters beginning 22
305305 after December 31, 2022. 23
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