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S. 3549, Save America’s Main Street Act

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Senate bill 3549 of the 116th Congress, 2D Session, is the Save America’s Main Street Act, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide advance tax refunds to small businesses. Wyden introduced it on March 20, 2020 with Cardin, and it was referred to the Committee on Finance. Section 2 adds a Small Business Rebate allowing a qualifying business a credit equal to the lesser of 30 percent of qualified gross receipts for the first taxable year beginning in 2019, or $75,000. A qualifying business meets the gross receipts test with $1,000,000 substituted for $25,000,000 and employed an average of not greater than 50 full-time employees. Section 3 addresses estimated tax payments and Section 4 an employee retention credit.

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                                                                       116TH CONGRESS
                                                                          2D SESSION
                                                                                                               S. 3549
                                                                        To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide advance tax refunds
                                                                                       to small businesses, and for other purposes.




                                                                                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
                                                                                                    MARCH 20, 2020
                                                                        Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the following bill; which
                                                                                was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance




                                                                                                                 A BILL
                                                                       To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
                                                                          advance tax refunds to small businesses, and for other
                                                                          purposes.

                                                                         1               Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
                                                                         2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
                                                                         3     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

                                                                         4               This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save America’s Main
                                                                         5 Street Act’’.
                                                                         6     SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS REBATE.

                                                                         7               (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter B of chapter 65 of
                                                                         8 subtitle F of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-




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                                                                         9 ed by inserting after section 6427 the following new sec-
                                                                       10 tion:

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                                                                         1     ‘‘SEC. 6428. SMALL BUSINESS REBATE.

                                                                         2               ‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—
                                                                         3                        ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a qualifying
                                                                         4               business, there shall be allowed as a credit against
                                                                         5               the tax imposed by subtitle A for the first taxable
                                                                         6               year beginning in 2020 an amount equal to the less-
                                                                         7               er of—
                                                                         8                                 ‘‘(A) 30 percent of qualified gross receipts
                                                                         9                        of such qualifying business for the first taxable
                                                                       10                         year beginning in 2019, or
                                                                       11                                  ‘‘(B) $75,000.
                                                                       12                         ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of—
                                                                       13                                  ‘‘(A) a qualifying business which did not
                                                                       14                         file a tax return for the taxable year described
                                                                       15                         in paragraph (1)(A), or
                                                                       16                                  ‘‘(B) a sole proprietorship for which gross
                                                                       17                         receipts were not reported on a return of tax
                                                                       18                         for such taxable year,
                                                                       19                such paragraph shall be applied by substituting
                                                                       20                ‘2018’ for ‘2019’.
                                                                       21                         ‘‘(3) QUALIFIED GROSS RECEIPTS.—For pur-
                                                                       22                poses of paragraph (1)(A), the term ‘qualified gross
                                                                       23                receipts’ means gross receipts of the qualifying busi-
                                                                       24                ness which are effectively connected with the conduct




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                                                                       25                of a trade or business within the United States
                                                                       26                (within the meaning of section 864(c), determined
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                                                                         1               by substituting ‘qualifying business’ for ‘nonresident
                                                                         2               alien individual or a foreign corporation’ or for ‘for-
                                                                         3               eign corporation’ each place it appears) for the ap-
                                                                         4               plicable taxable year under paragraph (1)(A), as re-
                                                                         5               ported by the taxpayer on—
                                                                         6                                 ‘‘(A) in the case of a qualifying business
                                                                         7                        which is a partnership, the return required to
                                                                         8                        be filed under section 6031,
                                                                         9                                 ‘‘(B) in the case of a qualifying business
                                                                       10                         which is an S corporation, the return required
                                                                       11                         to be filed under section 6037, and
                                                                       12                                  ‘‘(C) in the case of any other qualifying
                                                                       13                         business, the return of tax for the taxable year.
                                                                       14                ‘‘(b) QUALIFYING BUSINESS.—
                                                                       15                         ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
                                                                       16                tion, the term ‘qualifying business’ means any per-
                                                                       17                son which—
                                                                       18                                  ‘‘(A) meets the gross receipts test of sub-
                                                                       19                         section (c) of section 448 for the applicable tax-
                                                                       20                         able year under subsection (a)(1)(A), except
                                                                       21                         that subsection (c) of section 448 shall be ap-
                                                                       22                         plied—
                                                                       23                                          ‘‘(i) without regard to paragraph (4)




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                                                                       24                                  of such subsection, and




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                                                                         1                                         ‘‘(ii) by substituting ‘$1,000,000’ for
                                                                         2                                 ‘$25,000,000’, and
                                                                         3                                 ‘‘(B) with respect to the preceding cal-
                                                                         4                        endar year, employed an average of not greater
                                                                         5                        than 50 full-time employees (as such term is
                                                                         6                        defined in paragraph (4) of section 4980H(c))
                                                                         7                        on business days during such calendar year.
                                                                         8                        ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of para-
                                                                         9               graph (1)(A), in the case of any taxpayer which is
                                                                       10                not a corporation or a partnership, the gross re-
                                                                       11                ceipts test of section 448(c) shall be applied in the
                                                                       12                same manner as if such taxpayer were a corporation
                                                                       13                or partnership.
                                                                       14                         ‘‘(3) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS.—For purposes
                                                                       15                of paragraph (1)(B), the number of full-time em-
                                                                       16                ployees shall be determined pursuant to rules similar
                                                                       17                to the rules described in paragraph (2)(E) of section
                                                                       18                4980H(c).
                                                                       19                         ‘‘(4) AGGREGATION RULES.—All persons treat-
                                                                       20                ed as a single employer under subsection (a) or (b)
                                                                       21                of section 52 or subsection (m) or (o) of section 414
                                                                       22                shall be treated as a single person for purposes of
                                                                       23                paragraph (1)(B).




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                                                                       24                         ‘‘(5) QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS.—




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                                                                         1                                 ‘‘(A) INCLUSION                     AS      QUALIFYING           BUSI-

                                                                         2                        NESS.—

                                                                         3                                         ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of
                                                                         4                                 this section, the term ‘qualifying business’
                                                                         5                                 shall include any qualified organization.
                                                                         6                                         ‘‘(ii) DEFINITION.—For purposes of
                                                                         7                                 this paragraph, the term ‘qualified organi-
                                                                         8                                 zation’ means an organization which—
                                                                         9                                                  ‘‘(I)       is      described             in   section
                                                                       10                                          501(c)(3) and exempt from tax under
                                                                       11                                          section 501(a),
                                                                       12                                                   ‘‘(II) is described in section
                                                                       13                                          170(b)(1)(A),
                                                                       14                                                   ‘‘(III) is not described in section
                                                                       15                                          509(a)(3), and
                                                                       16                                                   ‘‘(IV) satisfies the requirements
                                                                       17                                          under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
                                                                       18                                          paragraph (1).
                                                                       19                                  ‘‘(B) QUALIFIED GROSS RECEIPTS.—
                                                                       20                                          ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of
                                                                       21                                  subsection (a)(1)(A), in the case of a quali-
                                                                       22                                  fied organization, the term ‘qualified gross
                                                                       23                                  receipts’ means gross receipts of the orga-




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                                                                       24                                  nization for the taxable year described in
                                                                       25                                  such subsection.


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                                                                         1                                         ‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of a
                                                                         2                                 qualified organization which did not file a
                                                                         3                                 tax return for the taxable year described in
                                                                         4                                 subsection (a)(1)(A), such subsection shall
                                                                         5                                 be applied by substituting ‘2018’ for
                                                                         6                                 ‘2019’.
                                                                         7                                         ‘‘(iii) ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM
                                                                         8                                 FILING.—

                                                                         9                                                  ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—In the case
                                                                       10                                          of an organization which is exempt
                                                                       11                                          from filing a return pursuant to sec-
                                                                       12                                          tion 6033(a) or which is not required
                                                                       13                                          to include in such return the informa-
                                                                       14                                          tion       necessary               to      determine   the
                                                                       15                                          amount of the credit allowed under
                                                                       16                                          this section, such organization may
                                                                       17                                          submit to the Secretary (in such form
                                                                       18                                          and manner as is deemed appropriate
                                                                       19                                          by the Secretary) any information re-
                                                                       20                                          quired for purposes of determining—
                                                                       21                                                             ‘‘(aa) whether such organi-
                                                                       22                                                   zation satisfies the requirements
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                                                                         1                                                            ‘‘(bb) the amount of the
                                                                         2                                                  credit allowed under subsection
                                                                         3                                                  (a)(1).
                                                                         4                                                  ‘‘(II) PUBLICITY                      OF      INFORMA-

                                                                         5                                         TION.—For purposes of section 6104,

                                                                         6                                         any information submitted by an or-
                                                                         7                                         ganization under subclause (I) shall
                                                                         8                                         be deemed to be information required
                                                                         9                                         to be furnished by such organization
                                                                       10                                          pursuant to section 6033.
                                                                       11                ‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF CREDIT.—The credit allowed by
                                                                       12 subsection (a) shall be treated as allowed by subpart C
                                                                       13 of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1.
                                                                       14                ‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH ADVANCE REFUNDS OF
                                                                       15 CREDIT.—The amount of credit which would (but for this
                                                                       16 subsection) be allowable under this section shall be re-
                                                                       17 duced (but not below zero) by the aggregate refunds and
                                                                       18 credits made or allowed to the taxpayer under subsection
                                                                       19 (e). Any failure to so reduce the credit shall be treated
                                                                       20 as arising out of a mathematical or clerical error and as-
                                                                       21 sessed according to section 6213(b)(1).
                                                                       22                ‘‘(e) ADVANCE REFUNDS AND CREDITS.—
                                                                       23                         ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any person which was a




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                                                                       24                qualifying business for such person’s last taxable
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                                                                         1               as having made a payment against the tax imposed
                                                                         2               by chapter 1 for such taxable year in an amount
                                                                         3               equal to the advance refund amount for such taxable
                                                                         4               year, regardless of whether such tax would have
                                                                         5               been imposed on such person.
                                                                         6                        ‘‘(2) ADVANCE                   REFUND AMOUNT.—For                          pur-
                                                                         7               poses of paragraph (1), the advance refund amount
                                                                         8               is the amount that would have been allowed as a
                                                                         9               credit under this section for such taxable year if this
                                                                       10                section (other than subsection (d) and this sub-
                                                                       11                section) had applied to such taxable year.
                                                                       12                         ‘‘(3) TIMING               OF PAYMENTS.—The                             Secretary
                                                                       13                shall, subject to the provisions of this title, refund
                                                                       14                or credit any overpayment attributable to this sec-
                                                                       15                tion as rapidly as possible. No refund or credit shall
                                                                       16                be made or allowed under this subsection after De-
                                                                       17                cember 31, 2020.
                                                                       18                         ‘‘(4) NO INTEREST.—No interest shall be al-
                                                                       19                lowed on any overpayment attributable to this sec-
                                                                       20                tion.’’.
                                                                       21                (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
                                                                       22                         (1)       DEFINITION                 OF         DEFICIENCY.—Section

                                                                       23                6211(b)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986




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                                                                       24                is amended by striking ‘‘and 36B, 168(k)(4)’’ and
                                                                       25                inserting ‘‘36B, and 6428’’.


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                                                                         1                        (2) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title
                                                                         2               31, United States Code, is amended by inserting
                                                                         3               ‘‘6428,’’ after ‘‘54B(h),’’.
                                                                         4                        (3) The table of sections for subchapter B of
                                                                         5               chapter 65 of subtitle F of the Internal Revenue
                                                                         6               Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the item
                                                                         7               relating to section 6427 the following:
                                                                               ‘‘Sec. 6428. Small Business Rebate.’’.

                                                                         8     SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF ESTIMATED TAX PAYMENTS FOR

                                                                         9                             SMALL BUSINESSES.

                                                                       10                (a) TIMING AND AMOUNT OF REQUIRED INSTALL-
                                                                       11      MENTS.—

                                                                       12                         (1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any taxable
                                                                       13                year beginning in 2020, with respect to a qualified
                                                                       14                individual, notwithstanding section 6654(c) and sec-
                                                                       15                tion 6654(d)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of
                                                                       16                1986—
                                                                       17                                  (A) there shall be 2 required installments
                                                                       18                         (within the meaning of section 6654 of such
                                                                       19                         Code) for the taxable year;
                                                                       20                                  (B) the due date for the 1st installment is
                                                                       21                         September 15, 2020;
                                                                       22                                  (C) the due date for the 2nd installment is
                                                                       23                         January 15, 2021;




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                                                                       24                                  (D) the amount of each such required in-
                                                                       25                         stallment shall be 50 percent of the required
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                                                                         1                        annual          payment               (as        defined           in   section
                                                                         2                        6654(d)(1)(B) of such Code, after the applica-
                                                                         3                        tion of subparagraph (E));
                                                                         4                                 (E) in determining such required annual
                                                                         5                        payment, section 6654(d)(1)(C) of such Code
                                                                         6                        shall not apply and section 6654(d)(1)(B)(ii) of
                                                                         7                        such Code shall be applied by substituting ‘‘75
                                                                         8                        percent’’ for ‘‘100 percent’’;
                                                                         9                                 (F) if (after the application of this para-
                                                                       10                         graph) section 6654(d)(2) of such Code applies
                                                                       11                         to the qualified individual, the table contained
                                                                       12                         in subparagraph (C)(ii) thereof shall be applied
                                                                       13                         by substituting ‘‘0’’ for ‘‘22.5’’ and for ‘‘45’’,
                                                                       14                         and by substituting ‘‘45’’ for ‘‘67.5’’; and
                                                                       15                                  (G) section 6654(h) of such Code shall be
                                                                       16                         applied by treating the 2nd required installment
                                                                       17                         as the 4th required installment.
                                                                       18                         (2) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of
                                                                       19                this subsection, the term ‘‘qualified individual’’
                                                                       20                means any individual for a taxable year if—
                                                                       21                                  (A) the adjusted gross income shown on
                                                                       22                         the return of tax of such individual for the pre-
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                                                                         1                                 (B) such individual certifies, in such form
                                                                         2                        or manner as is required by the Secretary of
                                                                         3                        the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate), that
                                                                         4                        more than 50 percent of the gross income
                                                                         5                        shown on the return of tax of such individual
                                                                         6                        for such preceding taxable year was income
                                                                         7                        from a qualified small business.
                                                                         8                        (3) INCOME                FROM QUALIFIED SMALL BUSI-

                                                                         9               NESS.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘in-

                                                                       10                come from a qualified small business’’ means, with
                                                                       11                respect to any taxable year, income from a trade or
                                                                       12                business—
                                                                       13                                  (A) which is located in the United States;
                                                                       14                         and
                                                                       15                                  (B) the average number of employees of
                                                                       16                         which was less than 500 full-time equivalent
                                                                       17                         employees (within the meaning of section
                                                                       18                         4980H of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986)
                                                                       19                         for the calendar year ending with or within the
                                                                       20                         preceding taxable year.
                                                                       21                (b) COORDINATION WITH SECTION 7508A.—In the
                                                                       22 case of any postponement or extension by the Secretary
                                                                       23 of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) under section




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                                                                       24 7508A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 affecting the
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                                                                         1 of such Code, subsection (a) shall apply only if the due
                                                                         2 date for the 1st installment under paragraph (1)(B) there-
                                                                         3 of is later than the due date prescribed for the 1st install-
                                                                         4 ment under such postponement or extension.
                                                                         5     SEC. 4. EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT FOR EMPLOYERS

                                                                         6                             OF EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY COVID–19.

                                                                         7               (a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an eligible em-
                                                                         8 ployer, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax
                                                                         9 imposed by section 3111(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
                                                                       10 of 1986 or section 3221(a) of such Code for each calendar
                                                                       11 quarter an amount equal to 50 percent of the qualified
                                                                       12 wages with respect to each eligible employee of such em-
                                                                       13 ployer for such taxable year. The amount of qualified
                                                                       14 wages with respect to any eligible employee which may be
                                                                       15 taken into account under this subsection by the eligible
                                                                       16 employer for all calendar quarters during any designated
                                                                       17 period shall not exceed $7,500.
                                                                       18                (b) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER.—
                                                                       19                         (1) IN          GENERAL.—The                       term ‘‘eligible em-
                                                                       20                ployer’’ means any employer which—
                                                                       21                                  (A) which has less than 500 full-time em-
                                                                       22                         ployees on the first day of the designated period
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                                                                         1                                         (i) conducted an active trade or busi-
                                                                         2                                 ness in a qualified coronavirus disaster
                                                                         3                                 zone and meets the requirements of para-
                                                                         4                                 graph (2)(A); or
                                                                         5                                         (ii) meets the requirement of para-
                                                                         6                                 graph (2)(B).
                                                                         7                        (2) REQUIREMENTS.—
                                                                         8                                 (A) IN GENERAL.—An employer meets the
                                                                         9                        requirements of this subparagraph if—
                                                                       10                                          (i) the employer is required to close as
                                                                       11                                  a result of a directive by a Federal, State,
                                                                       12                                  or local authority; or
                                                                       13                                          (ii) the employer is required to close
                                                                       14                                  due to lack of available employees due to
                                                                       15                                  qualifying needs related to a public health
                                                                       16                                  emergency (as defined in section 110 of
                                                                       17                                  the Family and Medical Leave Act of
                                                                       18                                  1993, as added by section 3102 of the
                                                                       19                                  Emergency Family and Medical Leave Ex-
                                                                       20                                  pansion Act).
                                                                       21                                  (B) ALTERNATIVE                         REQUIREMENTS.—An

                                                                       22                         employer meets the requirements of this sub-
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                                                                       24                         any 30-day period during the calendar year are
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                                                                         1                        ceipts for the corresponding 30-day period for
                                                                         2                        the preceding calendar year.
                                                                         3               (c) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
                                                                         4 tion—
                                                                         5                        (1) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘eligible
                                                                         6               employee’’ means any employee whose principle place
                                                                         7               of employment was with an eligible employer.
                                                                         8                        (2) QUALIFIED WAGES.—The term ‘‘qualified
                                                                         9               wages’’ means wages (as defined in section 3121(a)
                                                                       10                of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) and com-
                                                                       11                pensation (as defined in section 3231(e) of the In-
                                                                       12                ternal Revenue Code) paid by an employer, except
                                                                       13                that such term shall not include any wages taken
                                                                       14                into account under section 7001 or section 7003 of
                                                                       15                the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
                                                                       16                         (3) DESIGNATED                      PERIOD.—The                      term ‘‘des-
                                                                       17                ignated period’’ means, with respect to any eligible
                                                                       18                employer, the period—
                                                                       19                                  (A) beginning on the date the employer
                                                                       20                         first meets the requirements of subparagraph
                                                                       21                         (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(2); and
                                                                       22                                  (B) ending on the earlier of—
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                                                                       24                                  is an eligible employer by reason of meet-
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                                                                         1                                 (b)(2)(A)(i), the date the directive requir-
                                                                         2                                 ing the closure is no longer in effect;
                                                                         3                                         (II) in the case of an employer who is
                                                                         4                                 an eligible employer by reason of meeting
                                                                         5                                 the           requirements                      of              subsection
                                                                         6                                 (b)(2)(A)(ii), the date the public health
                                                                         7                                 emergency lapses; and
                                                                         8                                         (III) in the case of an employer who
                                                                         9                                 is an eligible employer by reason of meet-
                                                                       10                                  ing         the        requirements                    of       subsection
                                                                       11                                  (b)(2)(B), the date on which the employ-
                                                                       12                                  er’s gross receipts for any 30-day period
                                                                       13                                  beginning after the date described in sub-
                                                                       14                                  paragraph (A) are more than 90 percent of
                                                                       15                                  such gross receipts for the corresponding
                                                                       16                                  30-day period in the preceding calendar
                                                                       17                                  year; or
                                                                       18                                          (ii) the date which is 120 days after
                                                                       19                                  the date described in subparagraph (A).
                                                                       20                         (4)        QUALIFIED                  CORONAVIRUS                        DISASTER

                                                                       21                ZONE.—The                term ‘‘qualified coronavirus disaster
                                                                       22                zone’’ means any State or geographic area for which
                                                                       23                an emergency with respect to COVID–19 has been




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                                                                       24                declared by a Federal, State, or local authority.
                                                                       25                (d) OTHER RULES.—


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                                                                         1                        (1) REFUNDABILITY OF EXCESS CREDIT.—
                                                                         2                                 (A) IN GENERAL.—If the amount of the
                                                                         3                        credit under subsection (a) exceeds the tax im-
                                                                         4                        posed by section 3111(a) of the Internal Rev-
                                                                         5                        enue Code of 1986 or section 3221(a) of such
                                                                         6                        Code for any calendar quarter, such excess shall
                                                                         7                        be treated as an overpayment that shall be re-
                                                                         8                        funded under sections 6402(a) and 6413(b) of
                                                                         9                        such Code.
                                                                       10                                  (B) TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—For pur-
                                                                       11                         poses of section 1324 of title 31, United States
                                                                       12                         Code, any amounts due to an employer under
                                                                       13                         this subsection shall be treated in the same
                                                                       14                         manner as a refund due from a credit provision
                                                                       15                         referred to in subsection (b)(2) of such section.
                                                                       16                         (2) TREATMENT OF DEPOSITS.—The Secretary
                                                                       17                of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall
                                                                       18                waive any penalty under section 6656 of the Internal
                                                                       19                Revenue Code of 1986 for any failure to make a de-
                                                                       20                posit of the tax imposed by section 3111(a) of such
                                                                       21                Code or section 3221(a) of such Code if the Sec-
                                                                       22                retary determines that such failure was due to the
                                                                       23                anticipation of the credit allowed under this section.




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                                                                       24                         (3) APPLICATION OF OTHER RULES.—For pur-
                                                                       25                poses of this section, rules similar to the rules of


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                                                                         1               sections 51(i)(1), 52, and 280C(a), of the Internal
                                                                         2               Revenue Code of 1986, shall apply.
                                                                         3                        (4) EMPLOYEE                    NOT         TAKEN          INTO         ACCOUNT

                                                                         4               MORE THAN ONCE.—An employee shall not be treat-

                                                                         5               ed as an eligible employee for purposes of this sec-
                                                                         6               tion for any period with respect to any employer if
                                                                         7               such employer is allowed a credit under section 51
                                                                         8               of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect
                                                                         9               to such employee for such period.
                                                                       10                (e) TRUST FUNDS HELD HARMLESS.—There are
                                                                       11 hereby appropriated (out of any money in the Treasury
                                                                       12 not otherwise appropriated) for each fiscal year to the
                                                                       13 Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and
                                                                       14 the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund established
                                                                       15 under section 201 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
                                                                       16 401) and the Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account
                                                                       17 established under section 15A(a) of the Railroad Retire-
                                                                       18 ment Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n–1(a)) an amount equal
                                                                       19 to the reduction in the transfers to such fund for such
                                                                       20 fiscal year by reason of this section. Amounts appropriated
                                                                       21 by the preceding sentence shall be transferred from the
                                                                       22 general fund at such times and in such manner as to rep-
                                                                       23 licate to the extent possible the transfers which would have




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                                                                         1 occurred to such Trust Fund had such amendments not
                                                                         2 been enacted.
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