Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2019

United States116th CongressS-765Senate
Updated: Mar 13, 2019

Summary

Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 201 9 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.

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HR-1725: Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S1847-1849)

    Senate

  2. Introduced in Senate

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