Wireless Telecommunications Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act of 2015
Latest action · Mar 17, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust 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.
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Wireless Telecommunications Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act of 2015
Prohibits a state or local jurisdiction from requiring any person to collect from, or remit on behalf of, any other person any state or local fee, tax, or surcharge imposed on a purchaser or user with respect to the purchase or use of any wireless communication service within a state, unless there is a financial transaction between the person from whom the state seeks to require such collection or remittance and the purchaser or user of such service. Defines "financial transaction" to mean that there is a transaction involving cash, credit or any other exchange of monetary value or consideration given by the purchaser or user upon whom the fee, tax or surcharge is imposed to the person required to collect or remit the fee, tax or surcharge.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2015 to Jan 8, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | Original | Feb 25, 2015 |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Apr 15, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Apr 15, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Matt Salmon | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Carlos Curbelo | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | May 8, 2015 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | May 19, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | May 26, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Jun 17, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Ron DeSantis | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Jan 8, 2016 |
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 Feb 25, 2015 |
| Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee | Referred Mar 17, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
- Feb 25, 2015Introduced in House
- Feb 25, 2015Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 32, February 25, 2015, page H1165.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43800 | Taxation of Internet Sales and Access: Legal Issues Archived | Report | Oct 1, 2015 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1261 | Wireless Telecommunications Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act of 2015 | Related bill | May 7, 2015 |
| S 2555 | MOBILE NOW Act | Related bill | Dec 20, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure that methods of collecting taxes and fees by private citizens on behalf of State and local jurisdictions are fair and effective and do not discriminate against interstate commerce for wireless telecommunications services.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Wireless Telecommunications Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2015Introduced 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.
