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H.R. 4719, Fighting Hunger Incentive Act of 2014 1 (June 5, 2014)

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LCOST ESTIMATE
June 5, 2014
H.R. 4719
Fighting Hunger Incentive Act of 2014
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 29, 2014
H.R. 4719 would amend the Internal Revenue Code to permanently extend and expand
certain expired provisions that provided an enhanced tax deduction for businesses that
donated their food inventory to charitable organizations. The enhanced deduction for food
inventory contributions expired after December 31, 2013, and applied to sole proprietors,
partnerships, and other businesses not organized as C corporations (which are already
permanently allowed an enhanced deduction under more general provisions of current
law). H.R. 4719 would also expand the maximum deduction for all businesses by allowing
deductions of food inventory donations up to 15 percent of the net income of the donating
organization, an increase from the 10 percent allowed permanently under current law for C
corporations and allowed previously for other businesses. In addition, the bill would allow
certain businesses to make alternative assumptions about the cost basis and fair market
value of donated food inventory.
The staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimates that enacting H.R. 4719
would reduce revenues, thus increasing federal budget deficits, by about $1.9 billion over
the 2014-2024 period.
The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 establishes budget-reporting and enforcement
procedures for legislation affecting direct spending and revenues. Enacting H.R. 4719
would result in revenue losses in each year beginning in 2014. The estimated increases in
the deficit are shown in the following table.
JCT has determined that the bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates
as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Logan Timmerhoff. The estimate was approved
by David Weiner, Assistant Director for Tax Analysis.

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