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Small Business Prosperity Act of 2025

Small Business Prosperity Act of 2025

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Sponsor
Rep. Andy Biggs (AZ)
Last action
2025-01-03
Official status
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included details about the impact on partnerships and S corporations which were broadly supported but could be more specific.

Small Business Prosperity Act of 2025

This bill amends tax rules to increase deductions for qualified business income and remove certain limitations, benefiting small businesses.

What This Bill Does

  • Increases the deduction rate for qualified business income from 20% to 43%, rising to 47% after December 31, 2025.
  • Removes the limit based on W-2 wages when calculating deductible amounts for qualified business income.
  • Expands the definition of 'qualified trade or business' to include more types of businesses and removes restrictions for certain service-based businesses.
  • Ensures that partnerships and S corporations apply these new rules at the partner or shareholder level.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Small business owners who can now deduct a higher percentage of their income from taxes.
  • Partnerships and S corporations which will apply the new deduction rates at the partner or shareholder level.
  • Businesses changing organizational structures without altering ownership, interests, or significant assets.

Terms To Know

Qualified business income
Income from a trade or business that qualifies for special tax deductions under this bill.
W-2 wages
The total amount of money paid to an employee, including salary and bonuses, as reported on the W-2 form.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Some details about how businesses will apply these new rules remain unclear without further guidance or regulations.
  • The full impact of these changes may not be clear until after they are implemented.

Bill History

  1. 2025-01-03 House floor actions

    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

  2. 2025-01-03 Library of Congress

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-01-03 Library of Congress

    Introduced in House

Current Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 110 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 110

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the deduction for
qualified business income, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 3, 2025

Mr. Biggs of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means

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A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the deduction for
qualified business income, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Prosperity Act of
2025''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE AND EXPANSION OF DEDUCTION FOR QUALIFIED BUSINESS
INCOME.

(a) Deduction Made Permanent.--Section 199A of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (i).
(b) Deduction To Achieve a Top Rate on Qualified Business Income of
21 Percent.--Subsections (a)(2) and (b)(1)(B) of section 199A of such
Code are each amended by striking ``20 percent'' and inserting ``43
percent (47 percent in the case of any taxable year beginning after
December 31, 2025)''.
(c) Repeal of Limitation Based on W-2 Wages Paid With Respect to
the Trade or Business, Top Rate on Qualified Business Income.--Section
199A(b)(2) of such Code is amended to read as follows:
``(2) Determination of deductible amount for each trade or
business.--The amount determined under this paragraph with
respect to any qualified trade or business is 43 percent (47
percent in the case of any taxable year beginning after
December 31, 2025) of the taxpayer's qualified business income
with respect to the qualified trade or business.''.
(d) Repeal of Exclusion of Specified Service Trades or
Businesses.--Section 199A(d) of such Code is amended to read as
follows:
``(d) Qualified Trade or Business.--For purposes of this section,
the term `qualified trade or business' means any trade or business
other than the trade or business of performing services as an
employee.''.
(e) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 199A(b) of such Code is amended--
(A) by striking paragraphs (3), (4), and (6), and
redesignating paragraphs (5) and (7) as paragraphs (3)
and (4), respectively, and
(B) by striking ``the lesser of--'' and all that
follows in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated) and
inserting ``9 percent of so much of the qualified
business income with respect to such trade or business
as is properly allocable to qualified payments received
from such cooperative''.
(2) Section 199A(e) of such Code is amended by striking
paragraph (2).
(3) Section 199A(f)(1) of such Code is amended to read as
follows:
``(1) Application to partnerships and s corporations.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of a partnership or
S corporation--
``(i) this section shall be applied at the
partner or shareholder level, and
``(ii) each partner or shareholder shall
take into account such person's allocable share
of each qualified item of income, gain,
deduction, and loss.
For purposes of this subparagraph, in the case of an S
corporation, an allocable share shall be the
shareholder's pro rata share of an item.
``(B) Treatment of trades or business in puerto
rico.--In the case of any taxpayer with qualified
business income from sources within the commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, if all such income is taxable under
section 1 for such taxable year, then for purposes of
determining the qualified business income of such
taxpayer for such taxable year, the term `United
States' shall include the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.''.
(4) Section 199A(f)(4)(A) of such Code is amended by
striking ``and wages''.
(5) Section 199A(g)(1) of such Code is amended by striking
subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraph (C) as
subparagraph (B).
(6) Section 199A of such Code is amended by striking
subsection (h).
(f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.

SEC. 3. NO TAXABLE EVENT FOR CHANGE OF CORPORATE FORM.

Notwithstanding any provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
a change in the organizational structure of a corporation, however
organized, into another organizational structure is not a taxable event
for the purposes of such Code if there is no change among the owners,
their ownership interests, or the assets of the organization (other
than a de minimis change in such assets). The preceding sentence shall
apply to changes in organizational structure occurring after December
31, 2024.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF ESTATE TAX AND RETENTION OF BASIS STEP-UP.

Effective for estates of decedents dying after December 31, 2024,
chapter 11 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is repealed.
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