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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 1 (UNKNOWN) — 115 HR 1 EAS2: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act · Sec. 13201

Sec. 13201. Temporary 100-percent expensing for certain business assets

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Section 168(k) is amended— in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 50 percent and inserting the applicable percentage , and in paragraph (5)(A)(i), by striking 50 percent and inserting the applicable percentage . Paragraph
(6)of section 168(k) is amended to read as follows: For purposes of this subsection— Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the term applicable percentage means— in the case of property placed in service after September 27, 2017, and before January 1, 2023, 100 percent, in the case of property placed in service after December 31, 2022, and before January 1, 2024, 80 percent, in the case of property placed in service after December 31, 2023, and before January 1, 2025, 60 percent, in the case of property placed in service after December 31, 2024, and before January 1, 2026, 40 percent, and in the case of property placed in service after December 31, 2025, and before January 1, 2027, 20 percent. In the case of property described in subparagraph
(B)or
(C)of paragraph (2), the term applicable percentage means— in the case of property placed in service after September 27, 2017, and before January 1, 2024, 100 percent, in the case of property placed in service after December 31, 2023, and before January 1, 2025, 80 percent, in the case of property placed in service after December 31, 2024, and before January 1, 2026, 60 percent, in the case of property placed in service after December 31, 2025, and before January 1, 2027, 40 percent, and in the case of property placed in service after December 31, 2026, and before January 1, 2028, 20 percent. In the case of a specified plant described in paragraph (5), the term applicable percentage means— in the case of a plant which is planted or grafted after September 27, 2017, and before January 1, 2023, 100 percent, in the case of a plant which is planted or grafted after December 31, 2022, and before January 1, 2024, 80 percent, in the case of a plant which is planted or grafted after December 31, 2023, and before January 1, 2025, 60 percent, in the case of a plant which is planted or grafted after December 31, 2024, and before January 1, 2026, 40 percent, and in the case of a plant which is planted or grafted after December 31, 2025, and before January 1, 2027, 20 percent. . Paragraph
(5)of section 168(k) is amended by striking subparagraph (F). Section 168(k) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: In the case of qualified property acquired by the taxpayer before September 28, 2017, and placed in service by the taxpayer after September 27, 2017, paragraph
(6)shall be applied by substituting for each percentage therein— 50 percent in the case of— property placed in service before January 1, 2018, and property described in subparagraph
(B)or
(C)of paragraph
(2)which is placed in service in 2018, 40 percent in the case of— property placed in service in 2018 (other than property described in subparagraph
(B)or
(C)of paragraph (2)), and property described in subparagraph
(B)or
(C)of paragraph
(2)which is placed in service in 2019, 30 percent in the case of— property placed in service in 2019 (other than property described in subparagraph
(B)or
(C)of paragraph (2)), and property described in subparagraph
(B)or
(C)of paragraph
(2)which is placed in service in 2020, and 0 percent in the case of— property placed in service after 2019 (other than property described in subparagraph
(B)or
(C)of paragraph (2)), and property described in subparagraph
(B)or
(C)of paragraph
(2)which is placed in service after 2020. . Section 168(k) is amended— in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A)(iii), clauses (i)(III) and
(ii)of subparagraph (B), and subparagraph (E)(i), by striking January 1, 2020 each place it appears and inserting January 1, 2027 , and in subparagraph (B)— in clause (i)(II), by striking January 1, 2021 and inserting January 1, 2028 , and in the heading of clause (ii), by striking and inserting pre-January 1, 2020 , and pre-January 1, 2027 in paragraph (5)(A), by striking January 1, 2020 and inserting January 1, 2027 . Clause
(ii)of section 460(c)(6)(B) is amended by striking January 1, 2020 (January 1, 2021 and inserting January 1, 2027 (January 1, 2028 . The heading of section 168(k) is amended by striking . acquired after December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 2020 Section 168(k)(2)(A)(ii) is amended to read as follows: the original use of which begins with the taxpayer or the acquisition of which by the taxpayer meets the requirements of clause
(ii)of subparagraph (E), and . Section 168(k)(2)(E)(ii) is amended to read as follows: An acquisition of property meets the requirements of this clause if— such property was not used by the taxpayer at any time prior to such acquisition, and the acquisition of such property meets the requirements of paragraphs (2)(A), (2)(B), (2)(C), and
(3)of section 179(d). , Section 168(k)(2)(E) is further amended by amending clause (iii)(I) to read as follows: property is used by a lessor of such property and such use is the lessor’s first use of such property, . Section 168(k), as amended by this section, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The term qualified property shall not include— any property which is primarily used in a trade or business described in clause
(iv)of section 163(j)(7)(A), or any property used in a trade or business that has had floor plan financing indebtedness (as defined in paragraph
(9)of section 163(j)), if the floor plan financing interest related to such indebtedness was taken into account under paragraph (1)(C) of such section. . Section 168(k), as amended by this section, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: In the case of qualified property placed in service by the taxpayer during the first taxable year ending after September 27, 2017, if the taxpayer elects to have this paragraph apply for such taxable year, paragraphs (1)(A) and (5)(A)(i) shall be applied by substituting ‘50 percent’ for ‘the applicable percentage’. Any election under this paragraph shall be made at such time and in such form and manner as the Secretary may prescribe. . Clause
(iii)of section 168(k)(2)(F) is amended by striking placed in service by the taxpayer after December 31, 2017 and inserting acquired by the taxpayer before September 28, 2017, and placed in service by the taxpayer after September 27, 2017 . Clause
(i)of section 168(k)(2)(A), as amended by section 13204, is amended— in subclause (II), by striking or , in subclause (III), by adding or after the comma, and by adding at the end the following: which is a qualified film or television production (as defined in subsection
(d)of section 181) for which a deduction would have been allowable under section 181 without regard to subsections (a)(2) and
(g)of such section or this subsection, or which is a qualified live theatrical production (as defined in subsection
(e)of section 181) for which a deduction would have been allowable under section 181 without regard to subsections (a)(2) and
(g)of such section or this subsection, . Paragraph
(2)of section 168(k) is amended by adding at the end the following: For purposes of subparagraph (A)— a qualified film or television production shall be considered to be placed in service at the time of initial release or broadcast, and a qualified live theatrical production shall be considered to be placed in service at the time of the initial live staged performance. . Except as provided by paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section shall apply to property which— is acquired after September 27, 2017, and is placed in service after such date. For purposes of the preceding sentence, property shall not be treated as acquired after the date on which a written binding contract is entered into for such acquisition. The amendments made by this section shall apply to specified plants planted or grafted after September 27, 2017.
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