ROBINHOOD Act
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1Short title
This section would state that the Act may be cited as the "Redistribution of Billions by Instituting New High-Income Obligations on Overlooked Debt Act" or the "ROBINHOOD Act."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Redistribution of Billions by Instituting New High-Income Obligations on Overlooked Debt Act or the ROBINHOOD Act .
2Excise tax on secured loans and lines of credit
This section would add a new excise tax to the Internal Revenue Code. It would impose an annual tax equal to 20 percent of the amount borrowed during the tax year on any "specified secured loan or line of credit." The borrower would have to pay the tax, and the Secretary of the Treasury would collect it annually, at whatever time and in whatever manner the Secretary decides. A "specified secured loan or line of credit" would mean a loan or revolving credit arrangement secured by one or more of the borrower's capital assets, where the loan amount or available credit is based on the value of that asset; it would not include residential mortgage loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, margin loans, or loans and lines of credit secured by farmland. The tax would apply only to an "applicable borrower," meaning an individual with adjusted gross income greater than $400,000, or greater than $450,000 for a married couple filing a joint return. The Secretary of the Treasury would be authorized to issue regulations or other guidance needed to carry out this tax. The section would also add a clerical entry to the tax code's table of subchapters listing the new subchapter, and the tax would apply only to loans and lines of credit extended after the date this Act is enacted.
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2. Excise tax on secured loans and lines of credit (a) Excise tax Chapter 36 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after subchapter D the following new subchapter: E Certain secured loans and lines of credit Sec. 4491. Imposition of tax. 4491. Imposition of tax (a) In general There is hereby imposed on any specified secured loan or line of credit a tax equal to 20 percent of the amount borrowed during the taxable year with respect to such loan or line of credit. (b) Payment of tax (1) In general The tax imposed under subsection (a) with respect to any specified secured loan or line of credit shall be paid by the borrower with respect to such loan or line of credit. (2) Collection The tax imposed under subsection (a) with respect to such loan or line of credit shall be collected annually by the Secretary at such time and in such manner as provided by the Secretary. (c) Definitions For purposes of this section— (1) Specified secured loan or line of credit The term specified secured loan or line of credit — (A) means a loan or revolving credit arrangement secured by one or more capital assets (as defined in section 1221(a)) of an applicable borrower, under which the amount of the loan or available credit is based on the value of such asset, and (B) does not include residential mortgage loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, margin loans, or lines of credit and loans secured by farmland. (2) Applicable borrower The term applicable borrower means an individual with an adjusted gross income greater than $400,000 ($450,000 in the case of a joint return). (d) Regulations and guidance The Secretary may promulgate such regulations or guidance as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of subchapters for chapter 36 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to subchapter D the following new item: Subchapter E. Certain secured loans and lines of credit. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to loans and lines of credit extended after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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