State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Expansion Act of 2008
Latest action · Dec 9, 2008 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 9, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Expansion Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow all individual taxpayers a tax deduction for state and local general sales taxes (current law allows taxpayers an election to deduct either state and local income taxes or sales taxes).
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 9, 2008 to Dec 10, 2008, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Original | Dec 9, 2008 |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Original | Dec 9, 2008 |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Original | Dec 9, 2008 |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Dec 10, 2008 | |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | Dec 10, 2008 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Dec 10, 2008 | |
| R-GA | Paul C. Broun | Dec 10, 2008 | |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Dec 10, 2008 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Dec 10, 2008 | |
| R-KY | Ron Lewis | Dec 10, 2008 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Dec 10, 2008 | |
| R-IA | Steve King | Dec 10, 2008 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Dec 10, 2008 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Dec 10, 2008 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Dec 10, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2008Introduced in House
- Dec 9, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2008Introduced in House
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