To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount allowed as a deduction for start-up expenditures.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase in taxable years beginning in 2009, 2010, or 2011: (1) the limit on the tax deduction for trade or business start-up expenditures from $5,000 to $20,000; and (2) the threshold amount for reducing such limit.