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HOUSE 1393115th CongressReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017

Last Action
6/21/2017

Actions

  • 2017-06-21Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • 2017-06-20Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • 2017-06-20On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4947)
  • 2017-06-20Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4947)
  • 2017-06-20DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1393.
  • 2017-06-20Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4947-4951)
  • 2017-06-20Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  • 2017-06-15Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 121.
  • 2017-06-15Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-180.
  • 2017-06-15Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-180.
  • 2017-03-22Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  • 2017-03-22Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 2.
  • 2017-03-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
  • 2017-03-07Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • 2017-03-07Introduced in House

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CRS Summary

As of 2017-06-20 (81)

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 15, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the wages or other remuneration earned by an employee who performs employment duties in more than one state from being subject to income tax in any state other than: (1) the state of the employee's residence, and (2) the state within which the employee is present and performing employment duties for more than 30 days during the calendar year in which the wages or other remuneration is earned.

The bill exempts employers from state income tax withholding and information reporting requirements for employees not subject to income tax in the state under this bill. For the purposes of determining penalties related to an employer's state income tax withholding or reporting requirements, an employer may rely on an employee's annual determination of the time expected to be spent working in a state in the absence of fraud or collusion by such employee.

For the purposes of this bill, the term "employee" excludes: professional athletes; professional entertainers; production employees who perform services in connection with certain film, television, or other commercial video productions; and public figures who are persons of prominence who perform services for wages or other remuneration on a per-event basis.

(Sec. 3) The bill takes effect on January 1 of the second calendar year that begins after the enactment of this bill. The bill does not apply to any tax obligation that accrues before the effective date.

Cosponsors (20)

  • Henry Johnson (D-GA)
  • Jason Smith (R-MO)
  • Mark Walker (R-NC)
  • Jeff Duncan (R-SC)
  • Luke Messer (R-IN)
  • Will Hurd (R-TX)
  • Tom Rice (R-SC)
  • David Cicilline (D-RI)
  • Larry Bucshon (R-IN)
  • JOHN CULBERSON (R-TX)
  • Michael McCaul (R-TX)
  • Barbara Comstock (R-VA)
  • Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
  • JAMES COOPER (D-TN)
  • Theodore Deutch (D-FL)
  • David Roe (R-TN)
  • ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)
  • SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
  • Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
  • Thomas Rooney (R-FL)

Subjects

  • Employment taxes
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • State and local taxation
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