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S 1726 110th Congress Senate Taxation Commerce Government Operations and Politics Income tax Interstate commerce Local taxation Service industries State taxation

Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2007

Introduced: June 28, 2007 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Jun 28, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 28, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8694-8695)
Jun 28, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2007 - Expands the federal prohibition against state taxation of interstate commerce to: (1) include taxation of out-of-state transactions involving all forms of property, including intangible personal property and services (currently, only sales of tangible personal property are protected); and (2) prohibit state taxation of an out-of-state entity unless such entity has a physical presence in the taxing state. Sets forth criteria for determining that a person has a physical presence in a state.

What's happening now June 28, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5267 Related bill Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2008
  • S 3670 Related bill A bill to regulate certain State and local taxation of electronic commerce, and for other purposes.
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Jun 28, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1726: Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1726/
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"S. 1726: Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1726/.
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S. 1726, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1726/.
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