Fair Accounting for Condominium Construction Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2759 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2759 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exception to percentage of completion method of accounting for certain residential construction contracts. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2025 Mr. Buchanan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exception to percentage of completion method of accounting for certain residential construction contracts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Accounting for Condominium Construction Act''. SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION METHOD OF ACCOUNTING FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. (a) In General.--Section 460(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) by striking ``home construction contract'' both places it appears and inserting ``residential construction contract'', and (B) by inserting ``(in the case of a residential construction contract which is not a home construction contract, determined by substituting `3-year' for `2- year' in subparagraph (B)(i))'' after ``the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B) are not met'', (2) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ``paragraph (4)'' and inserting ``paragraph (3)'', and (3) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4). (b) Application of Exception for Purposes of Alternative Minimum Tax.--Section 56(a)(3) of such Code is amended by striking ``any home construction contract (as defined in section 460(e)(6))'' and inser