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HOUSE 1725116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2019

Last Action
4/12/2019

Actions

  • 2019-04-12Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
  • 2019-03-13Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • 2019-03-13Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E295)
  • 2019-03-13Introduced in House
  • 2019-03-13Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-03-13 (00)

Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2019

This bill prohibits a state or local jurisdiction from imposing (1) multiple taxes on the sale of a covered electronic good or service, or (2) discriminatory taxes on the sale or use of a digital good or service.

A "digital good or service" is delivered or transferred electronically to a customer. A "covered electronic good or service" is a digital good, digital service, audio or video programming service, or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service.

The bill also

  • specifies services that are excluded from the definition of "digital service;"
  • restricts taxation of a covered electronic good or service to taxation by a state or local jurisdiction whose territorial limits encompass a customer tax address, as defined by this bill;
  • makes the seller of covered electronic goods or services responsible for obtaining and maintaining such address; and
  • specifies rules regarding the taxation of bundled transactions, digital code, and VoIP services.

Cosponsors (4)

  • John Ratcliffe (R-TX)
  • Debbie Lesko (R-AZ)
  • Bill Flores (R-TX)
  • Dusty Johnson (R-SD)

Subjects

  • Digital media
  • Internet and video services
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Sales and excise taxes
  • State and local taxation
  • Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
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