Many thanks to Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY-20), and Danny Davis (D-IL-7) who cosponsored H.R.2092 on Oct 23, 2018.  This raises the number of cosponsors to 83!

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on gain from the sale of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored employee stock ownership plan (ESOP); and (2) allow a tax deduction for 50% of the interest incurred on loans to S corporation-sponsored ESOPs for the purchase of employer securities.

The Department of the Treasury must establish the S Corporation Employee Ownership Assistance Office to foster increased employee ownership of S corporations.

This bill also amends the Small Business Act to define “ESOP business concern” and allow such a concern to continue to qualify for loans, preferences, and other programs under such Act.