Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act
Latest action · May 26, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
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.
- IntroducedApr 27, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act - Limits state taxation of the wages or other remuneration of any employee who performs duties in more than one state to: (1) the state of the employee's residence; and (2) the state in which the employee is present and performing employment duties for more than 30 days. Exempts from the definition of "employee" for purposes of this Act a professional athlete or entertainer or certain public figures.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 27, 2009 to Jul 30, 2010; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Original | Apr 27, 2009 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Apr 27, 2009 |
| R-OH | Jim Jordan | Original | Apr 27, 2009 |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Original | Apr 27, 2009 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Apr 28, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Apr 30, 2009 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Apr 30, 2009 | |
| R-UT | Jason Chaffetz | May 6, 2009 | |
| R-NV | Dean Heller | May 7, 2009 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | May 7, 2009 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Jun 11, 2009 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Jun 23, 2009 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jun 26, 2009 | |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | Jun 26, 2009 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Feb 4, 2010 | |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Feb 5, 2010 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| R-FL | Ander Crenshaw | Mar 3, 2010 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Mar 24, 2010 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Apr 13, 2010 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Apr 20, 2010 | |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | May 18, 2010 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Jul 30, 2010 |
Withdrew 1 Mazie K. Hirono D-HI May 12, 2009
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 27, 2009 |
| Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee | Referred May 26, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 26, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
- Apr 27, 2009Introduced in House
- Apr 27, 2009Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-90 | STATE TAXATION: THE IMPACT OF CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION ON STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES107 pages | Judiciary Committee | Apr 15, 2010 |
| Serial No. 111-68 | STATE TAXATION: THE ROLE OF CONGRESS IN DEFINING NEXUS261 pages | Judiciary Committee | Feb 4, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To limit the authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
