ATR today released a letter praising Congressman Bob Latta for introducing H.R. 1763, the "Responsible Reinvestment Act of 2009." This small business tax cut bill:
- Permanently kills the death tax
- Doubles small business equipment expensing to $500,000 per year
- Provides first-year expensing for manufacturing and agricultural equipment
- Creates a new tax deduction for 20 percent of self-employment income
- Allows health insurance premiums to be fully-deductible for small employers
- Allows health savings account (HSA) contributions to be fully-deductible for small employers
- Creates a super-charged small business retirement account that would allow small employers to save nearly $50,000 per year for retirement, fully tax-deductibly