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Interstate Commerce Simplification Act of 2025
To amend Public Law 86-272 to expand the prohibition of State taxation relating to certain solicitation of orders.
Summary
This bill amends Public Law 86-272, the Interstate Commerce Act, to expand the definition of solicitation of orders for purposes of limiting state taxation of businesses. Currently, the law restricts states' ability to tax businesses engaged in soliciting orders for sales. The bill expands this definition to include any business activity that facilitates solicitation of orders, even if that activity also serves other independent business purposes. This change would broaden the protections available to businesses engaged in interstate commerce from state taxation.
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Actions (2)
- Jan 15, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jan 15, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 15, 2025
Mr. Fitzgerald (for himself, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Tiffany, and Mr. Steil) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend Public Law 86-272 to expand the prohibition of State taxation relating to certain solicitation of orders.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Interstate Commerce Simplification Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.
Section 101(d) of Public Law 86-272 (73 Stat. 555) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking “and” at the end,
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”, and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(3) the term ‘solicitation of orders’ means any business activity that facilitates the solicitation of orders even if that activity may also serve some independently valuable business function apart from solicitation.”. <all>
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