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S 41 113th Congress Senate Taxation Income tax deductions Sales and excise taxes State and local taxation

A bill to provide a permanent deduction for State and local general sales taxes.

Introduced: January 22, 2013 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Jan 22, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 22, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the taxpayer election to deduct state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes.

What's happening now January 22, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 6
  • HR 2854 Related bill To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes.
  • HR 3942 Related bill To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the deduction of State and local general sales taxes.
  • HR 4789 Related bill To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the deduction for State and local general sales taxes permanent.
  • S 1859 Related bill Tax Extenders Act of 2013
  • S 2260 Related bill EXPIRE Act of 2014
  • S 127 Identical bill A bill to provide a permanent deduction for State and local general sales taxes.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jan 30, 2014
 R
Thune, John
South Dakota · Jan 9, 2014
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Jan 8, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 41: A bill to provide a permanent deduction for State and local general sales taxes.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-41/
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