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4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 28 |
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5 | 5 | | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a partially refundable |
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6 | 6 | | credit against payroll taxes for certain restaurants affected by the |
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7 | 7 | | COVID–19 pandemic. |
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8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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9 | 9 | | JANUARY24 (legislative day, JANUARY3), 2023 |
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10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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11 | 11 | | ARDIN(for himself, Mr. BROWN, Mrs. MURRAY, and Mr. MARKEY) in- |
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12 | 12 | | troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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13 | 13 | | mittee on Finance |
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14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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15 | 15 | | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide |
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16 | 16 | | a partially refundable credit against payroll taxes for |
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17 | 17 | | certain restaurants affected by the COVID–19 pandemic. |
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18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restaurant Revitaliza-4 |
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22 | 22 | | tion Tax Credit Act’’. 5 |
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23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION CREDIT. 6 |
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24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—Subchapter D of chapter 21 of 7 |
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26 | 26 | | subtitle C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-8 |
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27 | 27 | | ed by adding at the end the following new section: 9 |
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31 | 31 | | ‘‘SEC. 3135. RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION CREDIT. 1 |
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32 | 32 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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33 | 33 | | NGENERAL.—In the case of an eligible em-2 |
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34 | 34 | | ployer, there shall be allowed as a credit against applicable 3 |
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35 | 35 | | employment taxes for each calendar quarter an amount 4 |
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36 | 36 | | equal to 100 percent of the wages with respect to each 5 |
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37 | 37 | | employee of such employer for such calendar quarter. 6 |
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38 | 38 | | ‘‘(b) L |
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39 | 39 | | IMITATIONS ANDREFUNDABILITY.— 7 |
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40 | 40 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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41 | 41 | | N GENERAL.—The aggregate amount of 8 |
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42 | 42 | | wages which may be taken into account under sub-9 |
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43 | 43 | | section (a) by the eligible employer for any calendar 10 |
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44 | 44 | | quarter shall not exceed $25,000. 11 |
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45 | 45 | | ‘‘(2) C |
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46 | 46 | | REDIT LIMITED TO EMPLOYMENT 12 |
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47 | 47 | | TAXES.—The credit allowed by subsection (a) with 13 |
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48 | 48 | | respect to any calendar quarter shall not exceed the 14 |
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49 | 49 | | applicable employment taxes (reduced by any credits 15 |
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50 | 50 | | allowed under subsections (e) and (f) of section 16 |
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51 | 51 | | 3111) on the wages paid with respect to the employ-17 |
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52 | 52 | | ment of all the employees of the eligible employer for 18 |
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53 | 53 | | such calendar quarter. For purposes of the pre-19 |
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54 | 54 | | ceding sentence, the credit allowed under subsection 20 |
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55 | 55 | | (a) shall be applied first against applicable employ-21 |
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56 | 56 | | ment taxes described in subsection (c)(1)(A). 22 |
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57 | 57 | | ‘‘(3) P |
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58 | 58 | | ARTIAL REFUNDABILITY OF EXCESS 23 |
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59 | 59 | | CREDIT.— 24 |
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60 | 60 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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61 | 61 | | N GENERAL.—If the amount of the 25 |
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62 | 62 | | credit under subsection (a) exceeds the limita-26 |
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66 | 66 | | tion of paragraph (2), so much of such excess 1 |
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67 | 67 | | as does not exceed the applicable employer re-2 |
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68 | 68 | | fund limitation shall be treated as an overpay-3 |
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69 | 69 | | ment that shall be refunded under sections 4 |
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70 | 70 | | 6402(a) and 6413(b). 5 |
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71 | 71 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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72 | 72 | | PPLICABLE EMPLOYER REFUND 6 |
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73 | 73 | | LIMITATION.—For purposes of subparagraph 7 |
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74 | 74 | | (A), the applicable employer refund limitation is 8 |
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75 | 75 | | the excess of— 9 |
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76 | 76 | | ‘‘(i) $25,000, over 10 |
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77 | 77 | | ‘‘(ii) the amount of credit treated as 11 |
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78 | 78 | | an overpayment of the eligible employer by 12 |
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79 | 79 | | reason of this paragraph for all preceding 13 |
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80 | 80 | | calendar quarters. 14 |
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81 | 81 | | ‘‘(C) R |
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82 | 82 | | EDUCTION BASED ON NUMBER OF 15 |
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83 | 83 | | EMPLOYEES.—In the case of any eligible em-16 |
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84 | 84 | | ployer for which the average number of full- 17 |
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85 | 85 | | time employees (within the meaning of section 18 |
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86 | 86 | | 4980H) employed by such eligible employer 19 |
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87 | 87 | | during the last calendar quarter of 2022 20 |
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88 | 88 | | (rounded to the nearest multiple of 1) exceeds 21 |
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89 | 89 | | 10, the $25,000 dollar amount under subpara-22 |
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90 | 90 | | graph (A)(ii)(I) shall be reduced (but not below 23 |
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91 | 91 | | zero) by the product of such excess and $2,500. 24 |
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92 | 92 | | ‘‘(c) D |
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93 | 93 | | EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 25 |
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97 | 97 | | ‘‘(1) APPLICABLE EMPLOYMENT TAXES .—The 1 |
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98 | 98 | | term ‘applicable employment taxes’ means the fol-2 |
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99 | 99 | | lowing: 3 |
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100 | 100 | | ‘‘(A) The taxes imposed under section 4 |
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101 | 101 | | 3111(a). 5 |
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102 | 102 | | ‘‘(B) The taxes imposed under section 6 |
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103 | 103 | | 3111(b). 7 |
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104 | 104 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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105 | 105 | | LIGIBLE EMPLOYER.— 8 |
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106 | 106 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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107 | 107 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible em-9 |
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108 | 108 | | ployer’ means any employer— 10 |
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109 | 109 | | ‘‘(i) which is an eligible entity (as de-11 |
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110 | 110 | | fined in section 5003(a) of the American 12 |
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111 | 111 | | Rescue Plan Act of 2021) which— 13 |
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112 | 112 | | ‘‘(I) was established before 14 |
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113 | 113 | | March 14, 2020, 15 |
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114 | 114 | | ‘‘(II) submitted an application 16 |
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115 | 115 | | for a grant under section 5003(c) of 17 |
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116 | 116 | | such Act in accordance with the pro-18 |
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117 | 117 | | cedures established by the Adminis-19 |
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118 | 118 | | trator of the Small Business Adminis-20 |
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119 | 119 | | tration under such section, 21 |
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120 | 120 | | ‘‘(III) certifies to the Secretary 22 |
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121 | 121 | | (in such form and manner as the Sec-23 |
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122 | 122 | | retary requires) that such employer 24 |
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126 | 126 | | was eligible for a grant under such 1 |
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127 | 127 | | section, and 2 |
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128 | 128 | | ‘‘(IV) did not receive any grant 3 |
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129 | 129 | | funds under such section due to a lack 4 |
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130 | 130 | | of funding, 5 |
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131 | 131 | | ‘‘(ii) which paid applicable employ-6 |
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132 | 132 | | ment taxes with respect to pay periods oc-7 |
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133 | 133 | | curring in at least 2 calendar quarters of 8 |
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134 | 134 | | calendar year 2021, and 9 |
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135 | 135 | | ‘‘(iii) which meets the gross receipts 10 |
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136 | 136 | | test of subparagraph (B). 11 |
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137 | 137 | | ‘‘(B) G |
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138 | 138 | | ROSS RECEIPTS TEST .—An em-12 |
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139 | 139 | | ployer meets the gross receipts test of this sub-13 |
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140 | 140 | | paragraph if— 14 |
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141 | 141 | | ‘‘(i) the gross receipts of such em-15 |
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142 | 142 | | ployer for any applicable calendar year 16 |
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143 | 143 | | were less than 50 percent the gross re-17 |
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144 | 144 | | ceipts of such employer for calendar year 18 |
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145 | 145 | | 2019, or 19 |
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146 | 146 | | ‘‘(ii) the average gross receipts of 20 |
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147 | 147 | | such employer for all applicable calendar 21 |
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148 | 148 | | years were less than 70 percent the gross 22 |
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149 | 149 | | receipts of such employer for the calendar 23 |
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150 | 150 | | year 2019. 24 |
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154 | 154 | | ‘‘(C) APPLICABLE CALENDAR YEAR .—For 1 |
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155 | 155 | | purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘applicable 2 |
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156 | 156 | | calendar year’ means any of the following: 3 |
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157 | 157 | | ‘‘(i) Calendar year 2020. 4 |
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158 | 158 | | ‘‘(ii) Calendar year 2021. 5 |
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159 | 159 | | ‘‘(D) S |
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160 | 160 | | PECIAL RULE FOR EMPLOYERS NOT 6 |
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161 | 161 | | IN EXISTENCE FOR ENTIRETY OF 2019 .—In the 7 |
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162 | 162 | | case of any employer that was in existence be-8 |
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163 | 163 | | fore January 1, 2020, but not in existence on 9 |
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164 | 164 | | January 1, 2019, the amount of gross receipts 10 |
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165 | 165 | | taken into account for any applicable calendar 11 |
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166 | 166 | | year shall be the amount of such gross receipts 12 |
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167 | 167 | | (determined without regard to this clause) mul-13 |
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168 | 168 | | tiplied by the ratio of— 14 |
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169 | 169 | | ‘‘(i) the number of days during 2019 15 |
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170 | 170 | | during which such employer was in exist-16 |
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171 | 171 | | ence, to 17 |
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172 | 172 | | ‘‘(ii) 365. 18 |
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173 | 173 | | ‘‘(E) S |
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174 | 174 | | PECIAL RULE FOR EMPLOYERS NOT 19 |
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175 | 175 | | IN EXISTENCE BEFORE 2020 .—In the case of 20 |
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176 | 176 | | any employer that was not in existence before 21 |
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177 | 177 | | January 1, 2020, in applying this paragraph— 22 |
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178 | 178 | | ‘‘(i) the amount of gross receipts for 23 |
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179 | 179 | | calendar year 2019 shall be equal to the 24 |
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180 | 180 | | product of— 25 |
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184 | 184 | | ‘‘(I) the amount of gross receipts 1 |
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185 | 185 | | for the period beginning on the date 2 |
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186 | 186 | | the employer was established and end-3 |
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187 | 187 | | ing before March 14, 2020, and 4 |
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188 | 188 | | ‘‘(II) the ratio of 366 to the 5 |
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189 | 189 | | number of days in the period de-6 |
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190 | 190 | | scribed in subclause (I), and 7 |
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191 | 191 | | ‘‘(ii) the amount of gross receipts for 8 |
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192 | 192 | | calendar year 2020 shall be equal to the 9 |
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193 | 193 | | product of— 10 |
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194 | 194 | | ‘‘(I) the amount of gross receipts 11 |
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195 | 195 | | for the period beginning after March 12 |
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196 | 196 | | 13, 2020, and ending on December 13 |
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197 | 197 | | 31, 2020, and 14 |
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198 | 198 | | ‘‘(II) the ratio of 366 to the 15 |
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199 | 199 | | number of days in the period de-16 |
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200 | 200 | | scribed in subclause (I). 17 |
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201 | 201 | | ‘‘(3) W |
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202 | 202 | | AGES.— 18 |
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203 | 203 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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204 | 204 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘wages’ has 19 |
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205 | 205 | | the meaning given such term under section 20 |
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206 | 206 | | 3121(a), determined without regard to para-21 |
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207 | 207 | | graph (1) thereof. 22 |
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208 | 208 | | ‘‘(B) E |
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209 | 209 | | XCEPTION.—Such term shall not in-23 |
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210 | 210 | | clude any wages taken into account under sec-24 |
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211 | 211 | | tions 41, 45A, 45P, 45S, 51, and 1396. 25 |
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215 | 215 | | ‘‘(4) OTHER TERMS.—Any term used in this 1 |
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216 | 216 | | section which is also used in this chapter shall have 2 |
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217 | 217 | | the same meaning as when used in this chapter. 3 |
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218 | 218 | | ‘‘(d) A |
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219 | 219 | | GGREGATIONRULE.—All persons treated as a 4 |
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220 | 220 | | single employer under subsection (a) or (b) of section 52, 5 |
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221 | 221 | | or subsection (m) or (o) of section 414, shall be treated 6 |
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222 | 222 | | as one employer for purposes of this section. 7 |
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223 | 223 | | ‘‘(e) E |
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224 | 224 | | LECTIONTONOTTAKECERTAINWAGES 8 |
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225 | 225 | | I |
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226 | 226 | | NTOACCOUNT.—This section shall not apply to so much 9 |
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227 | 227 | | of the wages paid by an eligible employer as such employer 10 |
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228 | 228 | | elects (at such time and in such manner as the Secretary 11 |
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229 | 229 | | may prescribe) to not take into account for purposes of 12 |
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230 | 230 | | this section. 13 |
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231 | 231 | | ‘‘(f) T |
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232 | 232 | | HIRDPARTYPAYORS.—Any credit allowed 14 |
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233 | 233 | | under this section shall be treated as a credit described 15 |
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234 | 234 | | in section 3511(d)(2). 16 |
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235 | 235 | | ‘‘(g) T |
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236 | 236 | | REATMENT OF DEPOSITS.—The Secretary 17 |
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237 | 237 | | shall waive any penalty under section 6656 for any failure 18 |
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238 | 238 | | to make a deposit of any applicable employment taxes if 19 |
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239 | 239 | | the Secretary determines that such failure was due to the 20 |
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240 | 240 | | reasonable anticipation of the credit allowed under this 21 |
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241 | 241 | | section. 22 |
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242 | 242 | | ‘‘(h) E |
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243 | 243 | | XTENSION OFLIMITATION ONASSESSMENT.— 23 |
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244 | 244 | | Notwithstanding section 6501, the limitation on the time 24 |
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245 | 245 | | period for the assessment of any amount attributable to 25 |
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249 | 249 | | a credit claimed under this section shall not expire before 1 |
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250 | 250 | | the date that is 5 years after the later of— 2 |
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251 | 251 | | ‘‘(1) the date on which the original return 3 |
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252 | 252 | | which includes the calendar quarter with respect to 4 |
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253 | 253 | | which such credit is determined is filed, or 5 |
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254 | 254 | | ‘‘(2) the date on which such return is treated 6 |
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255 | 255 | | as filed under section 6501(b)(2). 7 |
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256 | 256 | | ‘‘(i) R |
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257 | 257 | | EGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE.—The Secretary 8 |
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258 | 258 | | shall issue such forms, instructions, regulations, and other 9 |
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259 | 259 | | guidance as are necessary— 10 |
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260 | 260 | | ‘‘(1) with respect to the application of the cred-11 |
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261 | 261 | | it under subsection (a) to third party payors (includ-12 |
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262 | 262 | | ing professional employer organizations, certified 13 |
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263 | 263 | | professional employer organizations, or agents under 14 |
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264 | 264 | | section 3504), including regulations or guidance al-15 |
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265 | 265 | | lowing such payors to submit documentation nec-16 |
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266 | 266 | | essary to substantiate the eligible employer status of 17 |
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267 | 267 | | employers that use such payors, and 18 |
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268 | 268 | | ‘‘(2) to prevent the avoidance of the purposes of 19 |
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269 | 269 | | the limitations under this section, including through 20 |
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270 | 270 | | the leaseback of employees. 21 |
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271 | 271 | | Any forms, instructions, regulations, or other guidance de-22 |
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272 | 272 | | scribed in paragraph (1) shall require the customer to be 23 |
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273 | 273 | | responsible for the accounting of the credit and for any 24 |
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274 | 274 | | liability for improperly claimed credits and shall require 25 |
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278 | 278 | | the certified professional employer organization or other 1 |
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279 | 279 | | third party payor to accurately report such tax credits 2 |
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280 | 280 | | based on the information provided by the customer. 3 |
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281 | 281 | | ‘‘(j) A |
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282 | 282 | | PPLICATION.—This section shall only apply to 4 |
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283 | 283 | | wages paid after December 31, 2022, and before January 5 |
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284 | 284 | | 1, 2024.’’. 6 |
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285 | 285 | | (b) R |
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286 | 286 | | EFUNDS.—Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of 7 |
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287 | 287 | | title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 8 |
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288 | 288 | | ‘‘3135,’’ after ‘‘3134,’’. 9 |
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289 | 289 | | (c) C |
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290 | 290 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 10 |
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291 | 291 | | for subchapter D of chapter 21 of subtitle C of the Inter-11 |
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292 | 292 | | nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the 12 |
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293 | 293 | | end the following: 13 |
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294 | 294 | | ‘‘Sec. 3135. Restaurant revitalization credit.’’. |
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295 | 295 | | (d) COORDINATIONWITHSMALLBUSINESSADMIN-14 |
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296 | 296 | | ISTRATION.—The Administrator of the Small Business 15 |
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297 | 297 | | Administration shall coordinate with and provide informa-16 |
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298 | 298 | | tion to the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s 17 |
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299 | 299 | | delegate) to assist in identifying employers that are eligi-18 |
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300 | 300 | | ble for the credit allowed by section 3135 of the Internal 19 |
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301 | 301 | | Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this section. 20 |
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302 | 302 | | (e) E |
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303 | 303 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 21 |
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304 | 304 | | this section shall apply to calendar quarters beginning 22 |
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305 | 305 | | after December 31, 2022. 23 |
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