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HR 3179 112th Congress House Taxation Sales and excise taxes State and local taxation Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Marketplace Equity Act of 2011

Introduced: November 14, 2011 Introduced by: Womack, Steve Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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To President
Became law
Jul 24, 2012
Committee Hearings Held.
Jul 23, 2012
Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law Discharged.
Oct 24, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Oct 13, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 13, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Marketplace Equity Act of 2011 - Authorizes states to require all sellers making remote sales to collect and remit sales and use taxes with respect to such sales into the state, without regard to the location of the seller, if such states implement a simplified system for administration of sales and use tax collection for remote sellers. Requires such a system to include, at a minimum: (1) an exception for remote sellers with gross annual receipts in the preceding calendar year from remote sales not exceeding $1 million in the United States or not exceeding $100,000 in the state, (2) a single sales and use tax return for use by remote sellers and a single revenue authority within the state with which remote sellers are required to file a tax return, and (3) a uniform tax base throughout the state.

Defines "remote sale" as a sale of goods or services attributed to a state with respect to which a seller does not have adequate physical presence to establish a nexus so as to allow such state to require such seller to collect and remit taxes.

What's happening now July 24, 2012

Committee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 47
All 47 Democratic 15 Republican 7
D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Nov 27, 2012
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Nov 27, 2012
Tsongas, Niki
· Nov 27, 2012
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Aug 2, 2012
Kissell, Larry
· Aug 2, 2012
CONYERS, JOHN
· Jul 31, 2012
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jul 31, 2012
 R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Jul 17, 2012
Dent, Charles
· Jun 21, 2012
Conaway, K.
· Apr 24, 2012
Ellison, Keith
· Apr 24, 2012
Hanabusa, Colleen
· Apr 24, 2012
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 24, 2012
Stivers, Steve
· Mar 28, 2012
CRENSHAW, ANDER
· Mar 22, 2012
LATOURETTE, STEVEN
· Mar 22, 2012
Olson, Pete
· Mar 22, 2012
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Mar 22, 2012
Marchant, Kenny
· Feb 29, 2012
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 29, 2012
 R
Scott, Austin
Georgia · Feb 29, 2012
 R
Young, Todd
Indiana · Feb 29, 2012
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Dec 20, 2011
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Dec 20, 2011
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Dec 20, 2011
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Dec 9, 2011
Barletta, Lou
· Dec 7, 2011
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Dec 7, 2011
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Dec 7, 2011
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Dec 7, 2011
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Dec 7, 2011
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Dec 1, 2011
Deutch, Theodore
· Dec 1, 2011
Noem, Kristi
· Dec 1, 2011
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
· Nov 17, 2011
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Nov 17, 2011
GREEN, GENE
· Nov 14, 2011
Shuler, Heath
· Nov 14, 2011
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Oct 13, 2011
DUNCAN, JOHN
· Oct 13, 2011
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· Oct 13, 2011
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Oct 13, 2011
Miller, Brad
· Oct 13, 2011
Poe, Ted
· Oct 13, 2011
Ross, Dennis
· Oct 13, 2011
Speier, Jackie
· Oct 13, 2011
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Oct 13, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3179: Marketplace Equity Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3179/
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"H.R. 3179: Marketplace Equity Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3179/.
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H.R. 3179, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3179/.
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