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S.187 - 119th Congress

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This bill would make a tax break for business investments permanent. It lets companies fully deduct the cost of certain qualified property right away, instead of spreading the deduction out over time. In simple terms, a business that buys eligible equipment or other covered assets could write off the full cost in the year it is placed in service. The bill also removes the current phase-down and expiration of this rule, and it makes the change apply as if it had already been part of the 2017 tax law.

  • It sets the deduction rate at 100% for qualified property placed in service after September 27, 2017.
  • It updates related tax rules so they match the new permanent full deduction rule and removes language tied to the old phase-out schedule.
  • It also changes rules for certain plants, allowing the full deduction when they are planted or grafted, rather than using a date limit that would have expired.
  • Another tax rule is adjusted so it applies to property with a recovery period of 7 years or less.

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[S. 187 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 187

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow a tax 
   deduction at the time an investment in qualified property is made.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 2025

 Mr. Lankford (for himself, Mr. Daines, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. Blackburn, 
Mr. Young, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Risch, and Mr. 
   Boozman) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow a tax 
   deduction at the time an investment in qualified property is made.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Accelerate Long-term Investment 
Growth Now Act'' or the ``ALIGN Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT FULL EXPENSING FOR QUALIFIED PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (6) of section 168(k) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(6) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `applicable percentage' means, in the case 
        of property placed in service (or, in the case of a specified 
        plant described in paragraph (5), a plant which is planted or 
        grafted) after September 27, 2017, 100 percent.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
        amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) in clause (i)(V), by inserting 
                                ``and'' at the end,
                                    (II) in clause (ii), by striking 
                                ``clause (ii) of subparagraph (E), 
                                and'' and inserting ``clause (i) of 
                                subparagraph (E).'', and
                                    (III) by striking clause (iii),
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) in clause (i)--
                                            (aa) by striking subclauses 
                                        (II) and (III), and
                                            (bb) by redesignating 
                                        subclauses (IV) through (VI) as 
                                        subclauses (II) through (IV), 
                                        respectively,
                                    (II) by striking clause (ii), and
                                    (III) by redesignating clauses 
                                (iii) and (iv) as clauses (ii) and 
                                (iii), respectively,
                            (iii) in subparagraph (C)--
                                    (I) in clause (i), by striking 
                                ``and subclauses (II) and (III) of 
                                subparagraph (B)(i)'', and
                                    (II) in clause (ii), by striking 
                                ``subparagraph (B)(iii)'' and inserting 
                                ``subparagraph (B)(ii)'', and
                            (iv) in subparagraph (E)--
                                    (I) by striking clause (i), and
                                    (II) by redesignating clauses (ii) 
                                and (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), 
                                respectively, and
                    (B) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ``planted 
                before January 1, 2027, or is grafted before such date 
                to a plant that has already been planted,'' and 
                inserting ``planted or grafted''.
            (2) Section 460(c)(6)(B) of such Code is amended by 
        striking ``which'' and all that follows through the period and 
        inserting ``which has a recovery period of 7 years or less.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in section 13201 of Public Law 115-97.
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