Highlights of H.R.5771 – The Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014

Subtitle A: Individual Tax Extenders - Extends through 2014:

• the tax deduction of expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers;
• the tax exclusion of imputed income from the discharge of indebtedness for a principal residence;
• the equalization of the tax exclusion for employer-provided commuter transit and parking benefits;
• the tax deduction of mortgage insurance premiums;
• the tax deduction of state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes;
• the tax deduction of contributions of real property interests for conservation purposes;
• the tax deduction of qualified tuition and related expenses; and
• the tax exemption of distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes.

Subtitle B: Business Tax Extenders - Extends through 2014:

• the tax credit for increasing research activities;
• the new markets tax credit;
• the tax credit for differential wage payments to employees who are active duty members of the Uniformed Services;
• the work opportunity tax credit;
• accelerated depreciation of qualified leasehold improvement, restaurant, and retail improvement property, of motorsports entertainment complexes, and of business property on Indian reservations;
• accelerated depreciation of certain business property (bonus depreciation);
• the special rule allowing a tax deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory by taxpayers other than C corporations;
• the increased expensing allowance for business assets, computer software, and qualified real property (i.e., leasehold improvement, restaurant, and retail improvement property);
• the expensing allowance for film and television production costs and costs of live theatrical productions;
• the tax rule exempting dividends, interest, rents, and royalties received or accrued from certain controlled foreign corporations by a related entity from treatment as foreign holding company income;
• the 100% exclusion from gross income of gain from the sale of small business stock;
• the basis adjustment rule for stock of an S corporation making charitable contributions of property;
• the reduction of the recognition period for the built-in gains of S corporations;
• tax incentives for investment in empowerment zones;

Subtitle C: Energy Tax Extenders - Extends through 2014:

• the tax credit for residential energy efficiency improvements;
• the tax credit for producing electricity using wind, biomass, geothermal, landfill gas, trash, hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy facilities;
• the tax credit for energy efficient new homes;
• the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings;