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26 U.S.C. 199A: Qualified business income

Created in 2017 by Public Law 115-97. Changed by 1 later law. 1 new law this Congress changed it.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury (1).

This Congress

  • H.R. 1 An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. · became law · changed (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g)

How it got here

2018

  • Pub. L. 115–141, §101(b)(1), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) provided equation for allowed deduction for any taxable year, which included special deduction for qualified cooperative dividends. (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 115–141, §101(b)(3), added par. (7). (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 115–141, §101(b)(2)(A), struck out ", qualified cooperative dividends," after "qualified REIT dividends". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018) Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 115–141, §101(b)(2)(B)(i)(I), struck out "investment" before "items" in introductory provisions. (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018) Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 115–141, §101(b)(2)(B)(i)(II), inserted at end "Any amount described in section 1385(a)(1) shall not be treated as described in this clause." (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018) Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 115–141, §101(a)(2)(C), substituted "Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g)(2)(B), taxable income" for "Taxable income". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018) Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 115–141, §101(a)(2)(A), substituted "any deduction" for "the deduction". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018) Law text · (e)
  • Pub. L. 115–141, §101(b)(2)(B)(ii), redesignated par. (5) as (4) and struck out former par. (4) which defined "qualified cooperative dividend". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018) Law text · (e), (5)
  • Pub. L. 115–141, §101(a)(1), amended subsec. (g) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (g) related to deduction allowed to specified agricultural or horticultural cooperatives. (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018) Law text · (g)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.