legislation: 109-s-3827

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109-s-3827 109 s 3827 Empowerment Zone and Renewal Community Enhancement Act of 2006 Taxation 2006-08-03 2006-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] AR D L000035 11 Empowerment Zone and Renewal Community Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to tax-preferred empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and renewal communities to: (1) extend the period of designation for empowerment zones and renewal communities through 2015; (2) provide a safe harbor standard for employee residency requirements in empowerment zones; (3) eliminate certain residency requirements for the empowerment zone employment tax credit; (4) grant authority to expand the boundaries of empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and renewal communities (requires expansion of such communities located in rural areas upon the request of a local government if specified conditions exist); (5) allow carryovers of unused expensing allowances for enterprise zone businesses; (6) allow certain empowerment zone businesses to elect to receive payments in lieu of tax benefits; and (7) allow federal guarantees and tax exemptions for enterprise zone facility bonds. 2023-01-12T17:52:24Z  

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