The biodiesel renewable diesel tax credits and others would be retroactively put in place for 2018 and extended through 2020. It would also revive tax credits for railroad track maintenance, two-wheeled plug-in electric vehicles and energy-efficient home construction would also be extended.
As for how to pay for the extenders, Neal is proposing ending higher exemption levels for the estate tax at the end of 2022, instead of 2025 as currently scheduled.
Most believe that Senate action led by Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R., Iowa, on this topic will be more important to monitor, especially since the estate tax “pay for” is not likely to draw support in the senior chamber.