HR 446 · in committee · significant
Endowment Tax Fairness Act
- taxes
What this bill does
- The bill increases the excise tax on investment income from large university endowments from 1.4% to 21%.
- Private universities and colleges with endowments of at least $500,000 per student are affected.
- Revenue collected goes to the Treasury to reduce the national deficit.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might universities with large endowments adjust their spending on financial aid, research, or facility improvements if their investment income tax increases from 1.4% to 21%?
- 02
Which universities would be subject to this tax based on their endowment size, and what makes $500,000 per student the appropriate threshold for this policy?
- 03
What evidence suggests that increasing endowment taxes will effectively reduce the federal deficit compared to other potential revenue sources?
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Sponsor · R-TX-22
Troy E. Nehls
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
3/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-15
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Legislative timeline
2025-01-15 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2025-01-15 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-15 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House

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