H.R. 4424 · 115th Congress

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for interest on certain small business loans.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Rod Blum
Introduced
2017-11-16
Latest action
2017-11-16 · Introduced in House

Summary

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of certain banks interest received on small business loans of up to $5 million.

The bill applies to loans that are: (1) secured by land situated in the United States that is used or held by the small business in connection with the active conduct of a farming business, or (2) incurred in the ordinary course of the trade or business of the small business.

To be eligible for the exclusion, the bank must: (1) have less than $50 billion in assets at the closing of the preceding taxable year, and (2) receive the interest before 2019.