Senate Democrats, hoping to placate small businesses, want to amend the unpopular provision rather than repeal it.
The provision, which begins in 2013, requires businesses to report purchases exceeding $600 to the Internal Revenue Service, allowing the IRS to better track the flow of money from one business to the next.
Federal actuaries estimate the requirement would raise some $17 billion over 10 years in taxes on income that contractors and others are currently paying.
Read the Kaiser Health News report on healthcare reform.
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– Health Reform Rule Uses Health Insurance Executive Salary Taxes to Fund Medicare
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