Description:
H.R. 5946 would amend the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, certain prizes or awards won in competition in the Olympic Games or the Paralympic Games. Starting on January 1, 2016, the exclusion would apply to monetary prizes received from the United States Olympic Committee and the intrinsic value of the medals awarded. The exclusion would not apply to individuals with adjusted gross income above $1 million, or half of that amount for married individuals filing a separate return.
The staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimates that enacting the bill would reduce revenues, thus increasing federal budget deficits, by about $3 million over the 2017-2026 period. Specifically, JCT estimates that the bill would have no effect on revenues in 2016 and would reduce them by $1 million in 2017, 2021, and 2025, and by less than $500,000 in the other years of the 2017-2026 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. 5946 would reduce revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. The estimated increases in the deficit are shown in the attached table. Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending.
JCT and CBO estimate that enacting the bill would not increase net direct spending in any of the four 10-year periods beginning in 2027, and would increase on-budget deficits over those periods by very small amounts.
