WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives on Thursday sliced a little bit out of the big health care law, with Democrats joining Republicans in the bid to ease business burdens.

Amid some partisan and interpersonal flare-ups, the House voted 314-112 to repeal an expanded tax-reporting requirement imposed under the health care law last year. The provision primarily affects small businesses.

“The purpose of our bill is to help employers do what they do best,” said Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Calif. “Plain and simple, they create jobs.”

The bill removes the requirement that businesses file so-called 1099 forms with the Internal Revenue Service for every corporate transaction that totals more than $600. The intention of the expanded filing requirement was to help the IRS ensure tax compliance.

The bill restores the requirement that businesses file 1099 forms only for transactions with non-corporate entities, such as independent contractors.

While relatively modest, Lungren’s bill could become the first successful effort to scale back any part of the 384,000-word health care legislation that was approved over Republican opposition last year.

The House bill passed Thursday with the support of every voting Republican and 76 Democrats. A similar measure previously passed the Senate with bipartisan ease. Now the House and Senate must reconcile differences in the bills.

Repealing the small-business tax-reporting requirement would cost the federal government about $21 billion in lost tax revenues over the next 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.