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H.R. 1643

Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015

Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015

Prohibits a state or local jurisdiction from imposing multiple or discriminatory taxes on the sale or use of a digital good or service delivered or transferred electronically to a customer. Excludes from the definition of "digital service" a service that is predominantly attributable to the direct, contemporaneous expenditure of live human effort, skill, or expertise, a telecommunications service, an ancillary service, an Internet access service, an audio or video programming service, or a hotel intermediary service.

Restricts taxation of a digital good or service to taxation by a state or local jurisdiction whose territorial limits encompass a customer tax address, as defined by this Act. Makes the seller of digital goods or services responsible for obtaining and maintaining such address. Provides for the taxation of digital goods and services transactions that are aggregated and not separately stated.

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21](R-TX)Sponsor
14 cosponsors6 D8 R
14cosponsors1committees8actions1related bills6subjects
  1. Committee

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

    Judiciary Committee
  2. Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Judiciary Committee
  3. Committee

    Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law Discharged.

    Judiciary Committee
  4. Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee
  5. Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

    Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee
  6. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    Judiciary Committee
  7. IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  8. IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015 — Informed