S. 3803: S Corporation ESOP Promotion and Expansion Act of 2010
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S. 3803: S Corporation ESOP Promotion and Expansion Act of 2010
111th Congress · introduced 2010-09-20 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-09-20 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
S Corporation ESOP Promotion and Expansion Act of 2010
Plain summary
S Corporation ESOP Promotion and Expansion Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on gain from the sale of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored employer stock ownership plan (ESOP); (2) allow a tax deduction for interest incurred on loans to S corporation-sponsored ESOPs for the purchase of employer securities; and (3) transfer liability for payment of estate tax on transfers of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored ESOP from the estate executor to the ESOP. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the S Corporation Employee Ownership Assistance Office to foster increased employee ownership of S corporations.
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Official text
S Corporation ESOP Promotion and Expansion Act of 2010
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] · 1 cosponsors
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Estate tax
- A tax on the property of a person who has died, paid from the estate before what is left passes to the heirs. Compare inheritance tax.
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s3803.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s3803 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111