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Legislation Tracker
H.R. 655In CommitteeTaxationSmall Business

Simplify tax filing for businesses under $5M in revenue

Small Business Tax Simplification Act

Introduced
2
Committee
3
Passed House
4
Passed Senate
5
Law

Plain-language summary

AI

This bill lets small businesses opt into a two-page tax computation based on gross receipts minus a standard deduction schedule, instead of full itemized accounting. It also raises the equipment-expensing cap and requires the IRS to build a free filing path for eligible firms. It remains in the Ways and Means Committee.

AI-generated explanation. Review the official text and official sources before drawing conclusions — summaries can omit important detail.

The strongest case on each side

Strongest argument for

Small firms spend disproportionately more per dollar of revenue on tax compliance than large corporations; an optional simplified schedule returns that time and money to actual operations without changing anyone's underlying tax liability who prefers the current system.

Strongest argument against

Optional regimes add complexity to the code overall — every firm must now compute taxes both ways to know which is better — and gross-receipts-based schedules can quietly raise effective rates on low-margin businesses like restaurants and grocers.

Both cases are presented in their strongest form. Quorly does not take a side.

What it changes — and what it doesn't

What it changes
  • •Optional two-page simplified tax computation for firms under $5M in receipts
  • •Immediate-expensing threshold raised to $2.5M
  • •IRS directed to offer free direct filing for eligible small firms
What it does NOT change
  • ○Does NOT change tax rates or eliminate any deduction for firms that keep itemizing
  • ○Does NOT affect payroll-tax obligations

Timeline

  1. Feb 25, 2025
    Introduced in the House by Rep. Gina Torres (R)
  2. Apr 9, 2026
    Ways & Means subcommittee hearing held

Discussion

3 comments
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Liberty1776Top Forecaster3h

The committee calendar is the tell here. Watch whether a markup actually gets scheduled before the August recess — floor speeches are noise, markup dates are signal.

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DataDrivenAnalyst6h

Cosponsor count has been the best single predictor in my model this cycle. Cross the ~200 mark in the House and passage odds roughly double, controlling for committee.

P
PolicyOracle1d

Worth reading the strongest-against section before taking a position — the implementation questions are where most bills like this actually stall, not the politics.

Sponsor

Official portrait of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
RRepublican
87cosponsors
House Ways & Means

Community sentiment

Live
71%
of respondents support this bill
Support
71%
Oppose
21%
Not sure
8%

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