26 U.S.C. § 53
Credit for prior year minimum tax liability
United States · Title 26 — INTERNAL REVENUE CODE · Status: effective
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There shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for any taxable year an amount equal to the minimum tax credit for such taxable year.
For purposes of subsection (a), the minimum tax credit for any taxable year is the excess (if any) of—
The credit allowable under subsection (a) for any taxable year shall not exceed the excess (if any) of—
For purposes of this section—
The term “net minimum tax” means the tax imposed by section 55.
The adjusted net minimum tax for any taxable year is—
The following are specified in this clause—
In the case of a corporation—
The term “tentative minimum tax” has the meaning given to such term by section 55(b).
In the case of a corporation—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Tax Reform Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: 87–7
- Energy Policy Act of 1992
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993
- Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996
- American Jobs Creation Act of 2004
- Energy Policy Act of 2005
- Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014
- An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
- CARES Act
- An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.