S. 336: Tax Relief Certainty Act of 2011
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S. 336: Tax Relief Certainty Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-02-14 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-02-14 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
Tax Relief Certainty Act of 2011
Plain summary
Tax Relief Certainty Act of 2011 - Eliminates: (1) the terminating date of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, thus making the tax relief provisions of such Act permanent; and (2) the terminating date of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 applicable to reductions in the tax rate for dividend and capital gain income. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) phase-in between 2011 through 2021increases in the exemption amount for the alternative minimum tax (AMT); and (2) make permanent offsets against the AMT for certain nonrefundable tax credits. Makes permanent the repeal of the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes for decedents dying, gifts made, and generation skipping transfers after December 31, 2009.
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Official text
Tax Relief Certainty Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] · 0 cosponsors
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Capital gains
- The profit from selling something you own, such as stock or real estate, for more than you paid. A capital gains tax is a tax on that profit.
- Exemption
- A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s336.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s336 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112