JOBS AND GROWTH TAX RELIEF RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2003

A US tax law that lessened the maximum individual income tax rate on corporate earnings to 15% and the long-term individual income tax rate on capital gains to 15%. The act was passed by the Congress on May 23, 2003 and signed by former President George W. Bush on May 28, 2003. The act was intended to bolster the effects of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.