S. 794 · 117th Congress · Senate

Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2021

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced
Mar 17, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2021

This bill increases the current 21% income tax rate of corporations whose ratio of compensation of their principal executive officers or other highest compensated employees to median worker compensation is more than 50 to 1, in which case the increase is 0.5%. The pay ratio disparity extends from 100 to 1 to 500 to 1, in which case the increase is 5%. The bill exempts from such increase certain corporations based upon their average annual gross receipts.

Action Timeline

2
  1. MAR 17, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. MAR 17, 2021IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committees

1

Finance Committee

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Referred: Mar 17, 2021

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