Posted by A S Johnson on 4/6/11 10:24am
Msg #378869

Good things do happen

FYI. This is not politics, this rule has caused us all more paper work

US Senate Votes to Repeal Healthcare Tax Measure

Tuesday, 05 Apr 2011 02:30 PM


More ways to share... Mixx Stumbled LinkedIn Vine Buzzflash Reddit Delicious Newstrust Technocrati Share: More . . . A A | Email Us | Print | Forward Article 2diggsdiggWASHINGTON - Bowing to pressure from business groups worried about an avalanche of paperwork, the U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to rescind a tax-reporting requirement included in last year's healthcare overhaul law.

With bipartisan support, the Senate voted 87-12 to pass legislation sponsored by Republican Senator Mike Johanns that repeals a requirement for businesses and landlords to file a Form 1099 document with the Internal Revenue Service for purchases of goods and services exceeding $600 a year.

The tax filing requirement did not directly relate to healthcare but was intended to help pay for the healthcare law that is considered one of President Barack Obama's top legislative achievements.

The legislation earlier was passed by the House of Representatives and now goes to Obama, who is expected to sign it into law.

It was approved in Congress despite concerns by some Democrats to the way the $22 billion cost to the U.S. Treasury of repealing the tax-reporting provision is covered.

The bill adjusts the health insurance tax subsidies to be given to middle-income people under the healthcare law. It would require anyone who receives excessive tax subsidies for health insurance to pay back a greater share than currently required under the law.

The Form 1099 reporting provision was meant to improve tax compliance and help pay for the healthcare law. But small firms and the self-employed complained it would bury them in paperwork.

Lawmakers in both parties agreed that the tax reporting requirement should go.

But some Democrats argued that the payback provision for excessive subsidies would discourage individuals and small businesses from complying with the law's requirement that they obtain health insurance.




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Reply by CopperheadVA on 4/6/11 10:27am
Msg #378870

Yup, just heard about that myself. Put a big smile on my face! That would have been a paperwork nightmare for anyone in business.

Reply by HisHughness on 4/6/11 11:24am
Msg #378883

This is how it is supposed to work. Nobody -- or no group -- has all the right answers. Out of differing governmental philosophies, a synthesis emerges that presumably serves the public interest. Unfortunately, not what is happening nowadays.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 4/6/11 10:08pm
Msg #378992

Right, Hugh! It's nice to hear that reasonable, level heads can still come to agreement on something!