A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide an exclusion from gross income for interest on agricultural savings certificates and interest on obligations of the Farm Credit System, and to allow States to issue tax-exempt agricultural bonds in excess of limits on the issuance of private activity bonds.
Agricultural Bond and Interest Relief Act of 1985 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax exclusion for interest earned on a depository institution agricultural tax-exempt savings certificate. Limits the aggregate amount excludable to $10,000 ($20,000 in the case of a joint return).
Defines "depository institution agricultural tax-exempt savings certificate" as a certificate which: (1) is issued by a qualified savings institution after December 31, 1985, and before January 1, 1991; (2) has a maturity of one year; (3) has an investment yield equal to at least 70 percent of that of specified Treasury bills; and (4) is made available in denominations of $500. Requires a financial institution which issues such savings certificates to provide agricultural financing in an amount not less than the lesser of: (1) 75 percent of the face amount of savings certificates issued; or (2) 75 percent of net savings.
Allows an income tax exclusion for interest earned on obligations issued: (1) by any Federal land bank; (2) by any Federal land bank association; (3) by any Federal intermediate credit bank; (4) jointly by any combination of such entities; or (5) jointly by any combination of such entities and any bank for cooperatives the establishment of which was continued under the Farm Credit Act of 1971.
Allows States to issue tax-exempt agricultural bonds in excess of the limits imposed on the issuance of private activity bonds.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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