A bill to amend section 89 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain small businesses from the application of the employee benefit nondiscrimination rules, to delay and to simplify the requirements of such section, and for other purposes.
Section 89 Small Business Relief Act of 1989 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the new nondiscrimination requirements for coverage and benefits under certain statutory employee benefit plans to: (1) exempt the plans of employers having fewer than 20 employees; (2) delay until 1991 the effective date of the requirements; (3) increase from 17 1/2 hours to 25 hours per week the threshold number of work hours triggering requirements with respect to part-time employees; (4) treat any plan that offers the same benefits to all employees as complying with requirements (under current law compliance is based on the number of employees participating in the plan); and (5) decrease from 80 percent to 65 percent the coverage requirement under the alternative coverage test.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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