118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 6685Research and Development Tax Credit Expansion Act of 2023

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility and increase simplification of the research credit for certain small businesses.

Taxation
Introduced Dec 7, 2023
Last action Dec 7, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Referred
Dec 7, 2023
Ways & Means
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill modifies the refundable research tax credit for new and small businesses to (1) provide for an inflation adjustment to the limit on credit refundability; (2) allow refundable amounts to cover all payroll taxes paid by such businesses; and (3) extend eligibility for the credit to small businesses with less than $10 million in gross receipts (currently, less than $5 million). The bill also increases the rate of the alternative simplified tax credit for such businesses.

Provisions · 3 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 2 actions
Dec 7, 2023
Introduced in House
Dec 7, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.