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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2001
To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity for families by re-
pealing the income tax, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and
enacting a national retail sales tax to be administered primarily by
the States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 19, 1997
Mr. DAN SCHAEFER of Colorado (for himself, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. BONO, Mr.
HALL of Texas, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. LINDER, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NOR-
WOOD, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. STUMP, and Mr. WICKER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity for
families by repealing the income tax, abolishing the In-
ternal Revenue Service, and enacting a national retail
sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘National Retail Sales Tax Act of 1997’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Congressional findings.
Sec. 3. Repeal of the income tax, estate and gift taxes, and certain excise taxes.
Sec. 4. Sales tax.
‘‘CHAPTER 1—SALES TAX
‘‘SUBCHAPTER A—IMPOSITION OF TAX
‘‘Sec. 1. Imposition of tax.
‘‘Sec. 2. Exemptions.
‘‘Sec. 3. Rules relating to collection and remittance of tax.
‘‘SUBCHAPTER B—CREDITS; REFUNDS; INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS OF TAX ON
PURCHASES OF RESIDENCES
‘‘Sec. 11. Credits and refunds.
‘‘Sec. 12. Installment payments of tax on purchase of principal residences.
‘‘Sec. 13. Family consumption refund.
‘‘SUBCHAPTER C—DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES; FINANCIAL
INTERMEDIATION SERVICES
‘‘Sec. 21. Definitions.
‘‘Sec. 22. Special rules.
‘‘Sec. 23. Determination of financial intermediation services amount.
‘‘Sec. 24. Bad debts.
‘‘Sec. 25. Timing of tax on financial intermediation services.
‘‘Sec. 26. Alternative method for calculating tax due.
‘‘Sec. 27. Basic interest rate.
‘‘Sec. 28. Applicable interest rate.
‘‘SUBCHAPTER D—AUTHORITY FOR STATES TO COLLECT TAX
‘‘Sec. 31. Authority for States to collect tax.
‘‘Sec. 32. Federal administrative support for States.
‘‘Sec. 33. Federal administration option for multistate vendors.
‘‘Sec. 34. General administrative matters.
‘‘SUBCHAPTER E—OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
‘‘Sec. 41. Monthly reports and payments.
‘‘Sec. 42. Records.
‘‘Sec. 43. Registration.
‘‘Sec. 44. Certificate.
‘‘Sec. 45. Penalties.
‘‘Sec. 46. Burden of persuasion and burden of production.
‘‘Sec. 47. Attorneys and accountancy fees.
‘‘Sec. 48. Appeals.
‘‘Sec. 49. Taxpayer subject to subpoena on production.
‘‘Sec. 50. Tax Court jurisdiction.
‘‘Sec. 51. Power to levy.
‘‘Sec. 52. Problem resolution officers.
‘‘Sec. 53. Jurisdiction and interstate allocation.
‘‘Sec. 54. Tax to be stated and charged separately.
‘‘Sec. 55. Installment agreements; compromises.
‘‘Sec. 56. Accounting.
‘‘Sec. 57. Hobby activities.
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Sec. 5. Phase-out of the Internal Revenue Service.
Sec. 6. Social Security Administration to collect payroll taxes.
Sec. 7. Self-employment tax.
Sec. 8. Social Security benefits indexed on sales tax inclusive basis.
Sec. 9. Compensating payments to certain persons on fixed income.
Sec. 10. Interest.
Sec. 11. Supermajority required to raise rate.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
(a) The Congress finds that the income tax—
(1) retards economic growth and has reduced
the standard of living of the American public;
(2) impedes the international competitiveness of
United States industry;
(3) reduces savings and investment in the Unit-
ed States;
(4) lowers productivity;
(5) imposes unacceptable administrative costs
on taxpayers, individuals and businesses alike;
(6) is unfair and inequitable; and
(7) unnecessarily intrudes upon the privacy and
civil rights of United States citizens.
(b) The Congress finds further that national sales,
services and use tax on final consumption of goods and
services—
(1) is similar in many respects to those in place
in 45 of the 50 States;
(2) will promote savings;
(3) will promote fairness;
(4) will promote economic growth;
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(5) will raise the standard of living;
(6) will increase savings and investment;
(7) will enhance productivity and international
competitiveness;
(8) will reduce administrative burdens on the
taxpayer; and
(9) will respect the privacy interests and civil
rights of taxpayers.
(c) The Congress further finds that—
(1) most of the practical experience administer-
ing sales taxes is found at the State Governmental
level;
(2) it is desirable to harmonize Federal and
State collection and enforcement efforts to the maxi-
mum extent possible;
(3) it is sound tax administration policy to ad-
minister and collect the Federal sales and service tax
at the State level in return for a reasonable adminis-
tration fee to the States;
(4) businesses that must collect and remit taxes
should receive reasonable compensation for the cost
of doing so; and
(5) the sixteenth amendment to the Constitu-
tion should be repealed.
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SEC. 3. REPEAL OF THE INCOME TAX, ESTATE AND GIFT
TAXES, AND CERTAIN EXCISE TAXES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following provisions of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 are hereby repealed:
(1) Chapter 1 (relating to income tax).
(2) Chapter 5 (relating to tax on transfers to
avoid income tax).
(3) Chapter 6 (relating to consolidated returns).
(4) Chapter 24 (relating to collection of income
tax at source).
(5) Subtitle B (relating to estate and gift
taxes).
(6) Chapter 31 (relating to retail excise taxes).
(7) Chapter 32 (relating to manufacturers ex-
cise taxes).
(8) Subtitle E (relating to alcohol, tobacco, and
certain other excise taxes).
(9) Subtitle F (relating to procedure and ad-
ministration of the income tax and certain other
taxes) except for section 6103 (relating to confiden-
tiality), chapter 66 (relating to limitations), chapter
67 (relating to interest), section 6656 (relating to
failure to make deposit of taxes), section 6657 (re-
lating to bad checks), section 6658 (relating to co-
ordination with title 11), chapter 75 (relating to
crimes), chapter 76 (relating to Judicial Proceed-
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ings), section 7431 (relating to damages for unau-
thorized disclosure), section 7432 (relating to dam-
ages for failure to release lien), section 7433 (relat-
ing to damages for unauthorized collection data) and
chapter 77 (relating to miscellaneous provisions).
References to provisions repealed by the preceding
sentence shall be treated as references to such provi-
sions as in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by subsection (a)
shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
(2) INCOME
TAX.—The amendment made by
subsection (a)(1) shall apply to taxable years begin-
ning after June 30, 1999.
(3) SALES TAX.—The amendment made by sec-
tion 4 shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
(4) SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.—The amend-
ment made by section 9 shall take effect on January
1, 1999.
(5) SUPERMAJORITY REQUIRED.—The amend-
ment made by section 11 shall take effect on Janu-
ary 1, 1999.
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SEC. 4. SALES TAX.
Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by inserting at the beginning the following new
chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 1—SALES TAX
‘‘SUBCHAPTER A. Imposition of tax.
‘‘SUBCHAPTER B. Credits; refunds; installment payments of tax
on purchases of residences.
‘‘SUBCHAPTER C. Definitions and special rules; financial inter-
mediation services.
‘‘SUBCHAPTER D. Authority for States to collect tax.
‘‘SUBCHAPTER E. Other administrative provisions.
‘‘Subchapter A—Imposition of Tax
‘‘Sec. 1. Imposition of tax.
‘‘Sec. 2. Exemptions.
‘‘Sec. 3. Special rules relating to collection and remittance of tax.
‘‘SECTION 1. IMPOSITION OF TAX.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby imposed a tax
of 15 percent on the gross payments for the use, consump-
tion or enjoyment in the United States of any taxable
property or service, whether produced or rendered within
or without the United States.
‘‘(b) COORDINATION WITH IMPORT DUTIES.—The
taxes imposed by this section are in addition to any import
duties imposed by law. The Secretary shall provide by reg-
ulation that, to the maximum extent practicable, the taxes
imposed by this section on imported property and services
are collected and administered in conjunction with any ap-
plicable import duties.
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‘‘(c) LIABILITY FOR COLLECTION AND REMITTANCE
OF THE TAX.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL
RULE.—The tax imposed by
subsection (a) shall be collected and remitted by the
seller, except as provided in subsection (2).
‘‘(2) TAX TO BE PAID BY PURCHASER IN CER-
TAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.—
‘‘(A) GENERAL RULE.—In the case of tax-
able property or services purchased outside of
the United States for use, consumption or en-
joyment in the United States, the purchaser
shall remit the tax imposed by subsection (a).
‘‘(B) In the case of a purchaser electing to
pay tax in installments pursuant to section 12,
the purchaser shall remit the tax imposed by
subsection (a).
‘‘(C) Employers that pay wages that are
taxable services within the meaning of section
21(n) shall be responsible for paying and remit-
ting the tax.
‘‘(D) The Secretary may provide by regula-
tion that the tax imposed by subsection (a) is
to be collected and remitted by the purchaser
rather than the seller.
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‘‘SEC. 2. EXEMPTIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in section
3(b)(2), no tax shall be imposed under section 1 on any
taxable property or service purchased for—
‘‘(1) a business purpose in an active trade or
business, or
‘‘(2) export from the United States for use or
consumption outside the United States, provided
that the purchaser provided the seller with—
‘‘(A) an intermediate sales certificate, or
‘‘(B) an export sales certificate.
‘‘(b) BUSINESS PURPOSES.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘purchased for a business purpose in an
active trade or business’ means purchased by a person en-
gaged in an active trade or business and used in that ac-
tive trade or business—
‘‘(1) for resale,
‘‘(2) to produce taxable property or services (as
defined in section 21(e)), or
‘‘(3) in furtherance of other bona fide business
purposes.
‘‘(c) DE MINIMIS PAYMENTS.—Up to $400 of gross
payments per calendar year—
‘‘(1) made by a person not engaged in an active
trade or business at any time during such calendar
year prior to making such gross payments, and
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subsection is in addition to other exemptions afforded by
this chapter.
‘‘(g) SELLER RELIEVED OF LIABILITY IN CERTAIN
CASES.—In the case of any property or service which is
sold exempt from tax pursuant to subsection (a), if the
seller—
‘‘(1) has on file a copy of an exemption certifi-
cate (whether an intermediate sale or export sale
certificate) from the purchaser, and
‘‘(2) did not have reasonable cause to believe
that an exemption from the tax imposed by section
1 was unavailable to the purchaser with respect to
such purchase, then the seller shall be relieved of li-
ability to collect and remit the tax imposed by sec-
tion 1 on such purchase.
‘‘SEC. 3. RULES RELATING TO COLLECTION AND REMIT-
TANCE OF TAX.
‘‘(a) OBLIGATION OF GOVERNMENTAL UNITS AND
NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO COLLECT, REMIT
AND PAY TAXES.—
‘‘(1) GOVERNMENTAL UNITS.—Nothing in this
subtitle shall be construed to exempt any Federal,
State, or local governmental unit or political subdivi-
sion from paying any tax imposed by this subtitle on
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any sale, purchase, use, consumption or enjoyment
by such a unit.
‘‘(2) NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Dues, contributions
and payments to qualified not-for-profit organi-
zations shall not be considered gross payments
for taxable property or services for purposes of
this subtitle.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub-
paragraph (2)(A), payments of any form to a
qualified not-for-profit organization shall be
considered gross payments for taxable property
or services unless said organization establishes
that the property or service provided in ex-
change is—
‘‘(i) substantially related to the pur-
poses of the qualified not-for-profit organi-
zation, or
‘‘(ii) is not commercially available.
‘‘(C) For purposes of this section, qualified
not-for-profit organization means a not-for-prof-
it organization organized and operated exclu-
sively—
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‘‘(i) for religious, charitable, scientific,
testing for public safety, literary or edu-
cational purposes;
‘‘(ii) as civic leagues or social welfare
organizations;
‘‘(iii) as labor, agricultural or horti-
cultural organizations;
‘‘(iv) as chambers of commerce, busi-
ness leagues or trade associations; or
‘‘(v) as fraternal beneficiary societies,
orders or associations;
no part of the net earnings of which inures to
the benefit of any private shareholder or indi-
vidual.
‘‘(D) Upon application in a form pre-
scribed by the State Administrator, the State
Administrator shall provide qualification certifi-
cates to qualified not-for-profit organizations.
‘‘(E) If a not-for-profit organization pro-
vides taxable property or services in connection
with contributions or dues to the organizations,
then it shall be required to treat the provision
of said taxable property or services as a pur-
chase taxable pursuant to this subtitle at the
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fair market value of said property or personal
services.
‘‘(F) Taxable property and services pur-
chased by not-for-profit organizations for resale
or for use in the production of taxable property
or services shall be eligible for the exemptions
provided in section 2.
‘‘(b) TAX COLLECTED ON CERTAIN EXEMPT PUR-
CHASES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a purchase
which would (but for this subsection (b)) be exempt
from the tax imposed by section 1 by reason of sec-
tion 2(a), such subsection shall not apply to such
purchase if the seller—
‘‘(A) elects the application of this sub-
section, and
‘‘(B) immediately provides the purchaser
with a receipt reflecting the information re-
quired by section 54. Seller may elect to exer-
cise the application of this section with respect
to some or all purchases or purchasers.
‘‘(2) The Secretary may by regulation provide
that certain industries or specific products are such
that the vendor must collect the tax on otherwise ex-
empt purchases if, in the Secretary’s judgment, said
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industry or products are such that consumers buy
25 percent or more of the product sold by the indus-
try or the product. A registered vendor may by ap-
plication for good cause shown elect to opt out of the
application of this paragraph.
‘‘(3) CROSS REFERENCE.—
‘‘For credit to purchaser where seller collects tax
on exempt purchase, see section 11(a)(3).
‘‘For tax to be separately stated and charged, see
section 54.
‘‘(c) GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES.—
‘‘(1) GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES TO COLLECT
AND REMIT TAXES ON SALES.—Nothing in this sub-
title shall be construed to exempt any Federal,
State, or local governmental unit or political subdivi-
sion (whether or not the State is a conforming
State) operating a government enterprise from col-
lecting and remitting tax imposed by this subtitle on
any sale of taxable property or services. Government
enterprises shall comply with all duties imposed on
private enterprises by this subtitle and shall be liable
for penalties and subject to enforcement action in
the same manner as private enterprises.
‘‘(2) GOVERNMENT
ENTERPRISE.—Any entity
owned or operated by a Federal, State, or local gov-
ernmental unit or political subdivision that receives
gross payments from selling taxable property or
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services to private persons is a government enter-
prise, provided, however, that a government-owned
entity shall not become a government enterprise for
purposes of this section unless in any quarter it has
revenues from the sale of taxable property or serv-
ices that exceed $2,500.
‘‘(3) GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES’ INTERMEDI-
ATE AND EXPORT SALES.—
‘‘(A) Government enterprises shall not be
subject to tax on purchases that would not be
subject to tax pursuant to section 2 if the gov-
ernment enterprise were a private enterprise.
‘‘(B) Government enterprises may not use
the exemption afforded by section 2 to serve as
a conduit for tax-free purchases by government
units that would otherwise be subject to tax-
ation on purchases pursuant to section 1.
Transfers of taxable property or services pur-
chased exempt from tax by a government enter-
prise to such government unit shall be taxable.
‘‘(4) SEPARATE BOOKS OF ACCOUNT.—Any gov-
ernment enterprise must maintain books of account,
separate from the nonenterprise government ac-
counts, maintained in accordance with generally ac-
cepted accounting principles.
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‘‘(5) the compliance equipment cost credit
under section (f),
‘‘(6) the bad debt credit under subsection (g),
‘‘(7) the insurance proceeds credit under sub-
section (h),
‘‘(8) the transition inventory credit under sub-
section (i), and
‘‘(9) any amount paid in excess of amount due.
‘‘(b) REFUNDS.—
‘‘(1) FILERS.—If a person files two consecutive
monthly tax reports with a credit balance, then,
upon application in a form prescribed by the State
Administrator, then the credit balance shown on the
second monthly report shall be refunded to the tax-
payer within 60 days of said application.
‘‘(2) NONFILERS.—If a person other than a
monthly filer has an excess credit for any month,
then, upon application in a form prescribed by the
State Administrator, then the credit balance due
shall be refunded to the taxpayer within 60 days of
said application.
‘‘(3) INTEREST.—No interest shall be required
to be paid on any overpayment under this subsection
for any month if such overpayment is paid within 60
days after the close of such month.
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‘‘(4) SUSPENSION OF PERIOD TO PAY REFUND
ONLY IF FEDERAL COURT RULING.—The 60-day pe-
riods under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be sus-
pended with respect to a purported credit balance
(or portion thereof) only during any period that
there is in effect a preliminary ruling from a Federal
court that there is reasonable cause to believe that
such credit balance is not actually the amount due.
‘‘(5) FILER.—For purposes of this subsection,
the term ‘filer’ means, with respect to any month,
any person required to register under section 43 for
such month.
‘‘(c) USED PROPERTY CREDIT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection
(a), a seller shall receive credit for previous sales tax
paid on the resale of taxable property or services, as
provided in this subsection (c).
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION
OF
USED
PROPERTY
CREDIT AMOUNT.—The used property credit amount
determined under this paragraph with respect to any
property is the lesser of—
‘‘(A) the amount of tax due and paid by
virtue of the present transaction (without re-
gard to any credits), or
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‘‘(B) the most recent prior tax imposed by
section 1 with respect to such property trans-
action (without regard to any credits).
‘‘(3) TRANSITIONAL DEEMED PAID RULE FOR
PROPERTY OWNED ON EFFECTIVE DATE OF ACT.—
In the case of property which was acquired by the
seller before July 1, 1999, the amount under para-
graph (2)(B) shall be the amount which is the prod-
uct of—
‘‘(A) that which would be determined
under paragraph (2)(B) as if this subtitle had
been in effect at the time of such acquisition,
and
‘‘(B) the equity ratio (as defined in para-
graph (4)).
‘‘(4) The equity ratio is the quotient of—
‘‘(A) the income tax basis in the property
at the end of the taxable year 1999, less the
mortgage or debt secured by said property at
the end of said taxable year, divided by
‘‘(B) the income tax basis in the property
at the end of the taxable year 1999,
provided, however, that the quantity defined in sub-
paragraph (1) cannot be less than zero and further
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providing that the equity ratio so calculated cannot
be less than zero or greater than one.
‘‘(d) BUSINESS USE CONVERSION CREDIT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection
(a), a person’s business use conversion credit for any
month is the aggregate of the amounts determined
under paragraph (2) with respect to property—
‘‘(A) on which a prior tax was imposed by
section 1 on the purchase by such person, and
‘‘(B) which commences to be exclusively
used during such month in the production by
such person of other taxable property or serv-
ices.
‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF CREDIT.—The amount deter-
mined under this paragraph with respect to any
property is lesser of—
‘‘(A) the product of the rate imposed by
section 1 and the fair market value of the prop-
erty when its use is converted, and
‘‘(B) the prior tax referred to in paragraph
(1)(A).
‘‘(3) Property converted from business use to
personal use shall be subject to tax pursuant to sec-
tion 1 on the book value of the converted property
as of the date of conversion, provided that the books
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are kept in accordance with generally accepted ac-
counting principles.
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATION CREDIT.—Every taxpayer fil-
ing a timely monthly report in compliance with section 41
shall be entitled to a taxpayer administrative credit equal
to the greater of—
‘‘(1) $200, or
‘‘(2) one-half of 1 percent of the tax remitted,
provided, however, that in no event will the credit af-
forded by this section exceed 20 percent of the tax
due to be remitted prior to the application of this
credit.
‘‘(f) COMPLIANCE EQUIPMENT COST CREDIT.—Ven-
dors required to purchase new equipment to comply with
the provisions of section 54 shall be entitled to a credit
in the amount of 50 percent of the cost of such equipment.
‘‘(g) BAD DEBT CREDIT.—
‘‘(1) FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION SERVICES.—
Any person registered pursuant to section 43 who
has experienced a bad debt (other than unpaid in-
voices within the meaning of paragraph (2)) shall be
entitled to a credit equal to the product of—
‘‘(A) the rate imposed by section 1, and
‘‘(B) the quotient that is—
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‘‘(i) the amount of the bad debt (as
defined in section 24), divided by
‘‘(ii) the quantity that is 1 minus the
rate imposed by section 1.
‘‘(2) UNPAID INVOICES.—Any person electing
the accrual method pursuant to section 56 that has
with respect to a transaction—
‘‘(A) invoiced the tax imposed by section 1,
‘‘(B) remitted the invoiced tax,
‘‘(C) actually delivered the taxable prop-
erty or performed the taxable services invoiced,
and
‘‘(D) not been paid 90 days after the date
the invoice was due to be paid,
shall be entitled to a credit equal to the amount of
tax remitted and unpaid by the purchaser.
‘‘(3) SUBSEQUENT PAYMENT.—Any payment
made with respect to a transaction subsequent to a
subsection (g) credit being taken with respect to
that transaction shall be subject to tax in the month
the payment was received as if a tax inclusive sale
of taxable property and services in the amount of
the payment had been made.
‘‘(4) PARTIAL
PAYMENTS.—Partial payments
shall be treated as pro rata payments of the underly-
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ing obligation and shall be allocated proportionately
among payment for the taxable property and service,
tax and otherwise (in the case of partially non-
taxable payments).
‘‘(5) RELATED PARTIES.—The credit provided
by this section shall not be available with respect to
sales made to affiliated firms (within the meaning of
section 2(e)).
‘‘(h) INSURANCE PROCEEDS CREDIT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person receiving a pay-
ment from an insurer by virtue of an insurance con-
tract shall be entitled to a credit in an amount de-
termined by paragraph (2), less any amount paid to
the insured by the insurer pursuant to paragraph
(3), if the entire premium (except that portion allo-
cable to the investment account of the underlying
policy) for the insurance contract giving rise to the
insurer’s obligation to make a payment to the in-
sured was subject to the tax imposed by section 1
and such tax was paid.
‘‘(2) CREDIT
AMOUNT.—The amount of the
credit shall be the product of—
‘‘(A) the rate imposed by section 1, and
‘‘(B) the quotient that is—
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‘‘(i) the amount of the payment made
by the insurer to the insured, divided by
‘‘(ii) the quantity that is 1 minus the
rate imposed by section 1.
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE OPTION.—The credit de-
termined in accordance with paragraph (2) shall be
paid by the insurer to the insured and the insurer
shall be entitled to the credit in lieu of the insured
provided, however, the insurer may elect, in a form
prescribed by the Secretary, to not pay the credit
and require the insured to make application for the
credit. In the event of such election, the insurer shall
provide to the Secretary and the insured the name
and tax identification number of the insurer and of
the insured and indicate the proper amount of the
credit.
‘‘(4) COORDINATION WITH RESPECT TO EXEMP-
TION.—If taxable property or services purchased by
an insurer on behalf of an insured are purchased
free of tax by virtue of section 21(e)(3), then the
credit provided by this section shall not be available
with respect to that purchase.
‘‘(5) INSURANCE CONTRACT.—For purposes of
paragraph (1), the term ‘insurance contract’ in-
cludes a life insurance contract, a health insurance
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contract, a property and casualty loss insurance con-
tract, a general liability insurance contract, a marine
insurance contract, a fire insurance contract, an ac-
cident insurance contract, a disability insurance con-
tract, a long-term care insurance contract, and an
insurance contract that provides a combination of
these types of insurance.
‘‘(i) TRANSITIONAL INVENTORY CREDIT.—
‘‘(1) TRANSITION INVENTORY CREDIT.—A cred-
it shall be allowed equal to the product of the rate
of tax imposed by section 1 and the cost of qualified
inventory.
‘‘(2) INVENTORY.—
‘‘(A) QUALIFIED
INVENTORY.—Inventory
held by an active trade or business on the close
of business June 30, 1999, that is subsequently
sold subject to the tax imposed by section 1
shall be qualified inventory.
‘‘(B) COST.—For purposes of this section,
qualified inventory shall have the cost that it
had on the income tax return of the active
trade or business filed for the period ending
June 30, 1999 (including any amounts capital-
ized by virtue of section 263A as in effect on
June 30, 1999).
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‘‘(3) TIMING OF CREDIT.—The credit provided
under paragraph (1) shall be allowed on the sales
tax return where the taxable sale of the qualified in-
ventory is reported. The person claiming such credit
shall attach supporting schedules in the form that
the Secretary may prescribe.
‘‘SEC. 12. INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS OF TAX ON PURCHASE
OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If—
‘‘(1) property is purchased and used as the
principal residence of any purchaser of such prop-
erty, and
‘‘(2) such purchaser elects the application of
this section, then the tax imposed by section 1 with
respect to such purchase shall be paid in equal an-
nual installments over the 30-year period beginning
on the date of such sale together with simple inter-
est at the rate imposed by section 6621.
‘‘(b) TERMINATION OF INSTALLMENTS IF PROPERTY
IS SOLD OR OTHERWISE CEASES TO BE PRINCIPAL RESI-
DENCE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If, before the close of the
30-year period referred to in subsection (a), any
property to which an election under subsection (a)
applies—
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‘‘(A) is sold, or
‘‘(B) otherwise ceases to be used as the
principal residence of any purchaser making
such election,
then the unpaid installments shall be due no later
than two years after the time of such sale or ces-
sation. To the extent that such sale or cessation is
only of a portion of such residential property, the
preceding sentence shall apply only to a like portion
(based on value) of such unpaid installments.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—In a case to which para-
graph (1)(B) applies with respect to any pur-
chaser—
‘‘(A) if such purchaser purchases within
two years another property which property is
purchased and used as the principal residence
of such purchaser, the remaining unpaid install-
ments shall be due at the time of such pur-
chase,
‘‘(B) if subparagraph (A) does not apply to
such purchaser, the remaining unpaid install-
ments shall be due at the close of the two-year
period beginning on the date of the cessation
referred to in paragraph (1); and
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‘‘(C) the two-year period referred to in
subparagraph (B) shall be suspended during
any period that such purchaser uses such prop-
erty as his principal residence.
‘‘(3) If any purchaser exercises the right to in-
stallment payments under this section, then the re-
sponsibility to remit the tax due is the purchaser’s
rather than the seller’s provided that the seller has
on file a copy of the election form prescribed by the
Secretary.
‘‘SEC. 13. FAMILY CONSUMPTION REFUND.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—Each qualified family unit
(as defined in subsection (b)) shall be eligible to receive
a sales tax rebate in an amount no greater than the prod-
uct of—
‘‘(1) the rate of tax imposed by section 1, and
‘‘(2) the lesser of—
‘‘(A) the poverty level (as defined in sub-
section (c)), or
‘‘(B) the wage income of the family unit,
in the manner prescribed and subject to the limitations
set forth by this section.
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED FAMILY UNIT DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term qualified family unit shall
mean any family sharing a common residence. Any family
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with subsection (c)) divided by the number of
pay periods in a year.
‘‘(3) ADJUSTED WITHHOLDING TABLES TO BE
PROVIDED
TO
EMPLOYERS.—The Social Security
Administration shall publish revised withholding ta-
bles for use by employers.
‘‘(4) COORDINATION.—The family member re-
ceiving the family consumption rebate shall set
forth, in a form prescribed by the Social Security
Administration, the names and Social Security num-
bers of all members of the family unit for which a
rebate is claimed. Employers shall provide this infor-
mation in the form prescribed to the Social Security
Administration.
‘‘(e) FAMILY MEMBERS DEFINED.—For purposes of
determining the size of the family unit, family members
shall include each spouse or the head of household, chil-
dren, grandchildren, parents and grandparents.
‘‘(f) DISQUALIFIED FAMILY MEMBERS.—In order for
a family member to be counted for purposes of determin-
ing family unit size, said family member must—
‘‘(1) if over the age of two years, have a bona
fide Social Security number; and
‘‘(2) be a lawful resident of the United States.
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‘‘(g) STUDENTS LIVING AWAY FROM HOME.—A stu-
dent during each of five months in a calendar year living
away from the common residence of a family unit but who
receives over 50 percent of his support from the family
unit shall be included as part of that family unit for pur-
poses of this section.
‘‘(h) CHANGE
IN FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES.—The
residence of family members, marital status and number
of persons in a family unit on the first day of the calendar
year shall govern determinations required to be made
under this section for purposes of said calendar year.
‘‘(i) TWO OR MORE FAMILY MEMBERS WORKING.—
The family unit may elect to divide the rebate between
two family members. Family members shall make this
election in a form prescribed by the Social Security Ad-
ministration and shall when making said election disclose
the name and Social Security number of the other family
members. Creditable wages for families making this elec-
tion shall not exceed one half of the poverty level for that
family unit.
‘‘(j) EMPLOYERS TO ADJUST REMITTANCES.—Em-
ployers shall reduce their payroll tax remittances to the
Social Security Administration by the amount of Family
Consumption Rebate provided in employee paychecks.
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‘‘(k) NO DOUBLE COUNTING.—In no event shall any
person be considered part of more than one family unit.
‘‘(l) SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.—The So-
cial Security Administration shall provide to multiple
wage-earner family units who received a lower rebate
amount than that to which that were entitled under sub-
section (a) due to the application of the limitations in sub-
section (d)(2) and subsection (i) any payment due within
30 days of the close of the calendar year.
‘‘Subchapter C—Definitions and Special
Rules; Financial Intermediation Services
‘‘Sec. 21. Definitions.
‘‘Sec. 22. Special rules.
‘‘Sec. 23. Determination of financial intermediation services
amount.
‘‘Sec. 24. Bad debts.
‘‘Sec. 25. Timing of tax on financial intermediation services.
‘‘Sec. 26. Alternative method for calculating tax due.
‘‘Sec. 27. Basic interest rate.
‘‘Sec. 28. Applicable interest rate.
‘‘SEC. 21. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘(a) FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION SERVICES.—The
term ‘financial intermediation services’ means financial
intermediation services determined in accordance with sec-
tion 23.
‘‘(b) GROSS PAYMENTS.—For purposes of this sub-
title, the term ‘gross payments’ shall mean gross payments
inclusive of Federal tax imposed by, and State taxes im-
posed in conformity with, this chapter but exclusive of cus-
toms duties. Gross payment shall be the product of the
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pre-tax factor and the payments for the taxable property
or service exclusive of State and Federal taxes imposed
by, and State taxes imposed in conformity with, this sub-
title. For purposes of this section, the pre-tax factor shall
be one divided by the quantity that is one minus the sum
of—
‘‘(1) the Federal tax rate imposed by section 1,
and
‘‘(2) the State tax rate imposed in conformity
with this subtitle.
‘‘(c) Primary residence shall mean residential real
property used predominantly as the place of abode for a
person or persons. A person shall have only one primary
residence for purposes of this section. A married couple
shall have only one primary residence.
‘‘(d) PURCHASED FOR RESALE.—For purposes of
section 2(b)(1), a property or service is purchased for re-
sale if such property or service is purchased by a person
in an active trade or business for the purpose of reselling
the taxable property or service in the ordinary course of
that active trade or business.
‘‘(e) PURCHASED TO PRODUCE TAXABLE PROPERTY
OR SERVICES.—For purposes of section 2(b)(2)—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A property or service is
purchased to produce a taxable property or service
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if such property or service is purchased by a person
in an active trade or business for the purpose of em-
ploying or using such property or service in the pro-
duction or sale of other taxable property or services
in the ordinary course of that active trade or busi-
ness.
‘‘(2) RESEARCH
EXPERIMENTATION
AND
DE-
VELOPMENT.—Taxable property or services used in
an active trade or business for the purpose of re-
search, experimentation and development shall be
treated as purchased to produce taxable property or
services.
‘‘(3) INSURANCE PAYMENTS.—Taxable property
or services purchased by an insurance company on
behalf of an insured shall be treated as a property
or service purchased to produce a taxable property
or service if the entire premium for the insurance
contract giving rise to the insurer’s obligation was
subject to tax in accordance with subsection (a) (re-
lating to financial intermediation services).
‘‘(4) EDUCATION
AND
TRAINING.—Education
and training shall be treated as purchased to
produce taxable property or services. For purposes
of this section, education and training shall mean
tuition for general primary, secondary, or university
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level education, and tuition for job-related training
courses. Tuition shall not include amounts attrib-
utable to room or board for the student.
‘‘(f) Qualified fixtures shall include only those fix-
tures that are a permanent, integral, incorporated and
irremovable part of the structure and shall exclude fur-
niture, furnishings, appliances or similar tangible personal
property.
‘‘(g) REAL PROPERTY.—For purposes of this chap-
ter, the term real property shall have the meaning ascribed
to it at common law. The Secretary shall by regulation
establish uniform national rules for purposes of admin-
istering this chapter to the extent that jurisdictions within
the United States may provide different holdings as to the
scope of the term real property.
‘‘(h) RESIDENCE.—Whenever this chapter requires
that the State of ‘residence’ need be determined, it shall
be determined in descending order of priority as the State
of permanent abode, the center of vital interests, or the
habitual abode. If the State of residence is still undeter-
mined, if the person is a resident of the United States,
the determination will be made by the Federal Office of
Revenue Allocation.
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‘‘(i) Residential real property is real property, includ-
ing structures, land, and qualified fixtures and appur-
tenances thereto that—
‘‘(1) is held in fee simple and
‘‘(2) is predominantly used as a residence or
dwelling.
‘‘(j) SECRETARY.—For purposes of this chapter, the
term ‘Secretary’ means the United States Secretary of
Treasury.
‘‘(k) STATE ADMINISTRATOR.—For purposes of this
chapter, the term ‘State Administrator’ shall mean the
highest State official responsible for administering the
taxes imposed by this subtitle in the conforming State. In
States that are not conforming States, the ‘State Adminis-
trator’ shall mean the person designated by the Secretary
as the Federal official responsible for administering the
taxes imposed by this chapter in a non-conforming State.
State Administrator shall also mean, when the context so
requires, the Federal official responsible for administering
the multi-State vendor program.
‘‘(l) Structures, for purposes of subsection (i) shall
include homes that are manufactured housing but not self-
propelled and not on wheels.
‘‘(m) TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY.—For pur-
poses of this chapter, the term tangible personal property
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shall have the meaning ascribed to it at common law. The
Secretary shall by regulation establish uniform national
rules for purposes of administering this chapter to the ex-
tent that jurisdictions within the United States may pro-
vide different holdings as to the scope of the term tangible
personal property.
‘‘(n) TAXABLE PROPERTY OR SERVICES.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL
RULE.—For purposes of this
chapter, the term ‘taxable property or service’
means—
‘‘(A) any property (including leaseholds of
any term or rents with respect to such prop-
erty) other than intangible property, and
‘‘(B) any service (including any financial
intermediation services).
‘‘(2) WAGES.—For purposes of the preceding
sentence, services shall not include wages paid by an
employer engaged in an active trade or business that
is registered pursuant to section 43. Services shall
include wages paid by an employer (including gov-
ernment employers) not engaged in an active trade
or business unless those wages are paid by a quali-
fied not-for-profit organization (as defined in section
3(a)(2)(C).
‘‘(3) INTANGIBLE PROPERTY.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this
subtitle, intangible property shall include copy-
rights, trademarks, patents, goodwill, financial
instruments, and other property deemed intan-
gible at common law.
‘‘(B) CERTAIN TYPES OF PROPERTY.—For
purposes of this subtitle, intangible property
shall not include tangible personal property (or
rents or leaseholds of any term thereon), real
property (or rents or leaseholds of any term
thereon), and computer software.
‘‘(C) ANTI-AVOIDANCE
RULE.—Notwith-
standing subparagraph (A), the sale of a copy-
right or trademark shall be treated as the sale
of taxable services (within the meaning of sec-
tion 1) if the substance of the transaction sell-
ing said copyright or trademark constituted the
sale of the services that produced the copy-
righted material or the trademark.
‘‘(o) UNITED STATES.—For purposes of this chapter,
the term ‘United States’, when used in the geographical
sense, means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and
any commonwealth, territory or possession of the United
States.
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‘‘SEC. 22. SPECIAL RULES.
‘‘(a) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION SERV-
ICES.—
‘‘(1) SPECIAL
RULES
RELATING
TO
INTER-
NATIONAL FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION SERVICES.—
Financial intermediation services shall be deemed as
used or consumed within the United States if the
person (or any related party within the meaning of
section 2(e)) purchasing the services is a resident of
the United States.
‘‘(2) Any person that provides financial inter-
mediation services to United States residents must,
as a condition of lawfully providing such services,
designate, in a form prescribed by the Secretary, a
United States tax representative. This United States
tax representative shall be responsible for ensuring
that the taxes imposed by this chapter are collected
and remitted and shall be jointly and severally liable
for collecting and remitting these taxes. The Sec-
retary may require reasonable bond of the United
States tax representative.
‘‘(b) FINANCING LEASES.—
‘‘(1) DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, a
financing lease shall be any lease under which the
lessee shall have the right to acquire the property
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for 50 percent or less of its fair market value at
the end of the lease term.
‘‘(2) TAX.—Financing leases shall be taxed in
the method set forth in this section.
‘‘(3) DETERMINATION OF PRINCIPLE AND IN-
TEREST COMPONENTS OF FINANCING LEASE.—The
Secretary shall promulgate rules for disaggregating
the principle and interest components of a financing
lease. The principle amount shall be determined to
the extent possible by examination of the contem-
poraneous sales price or prices of the same or simi-
lar property as the leased property.
‘‘(4) ALTERNATIVE
METHOD.—In the event
that contemporaneous sales prices of the same or
similar property as the lease property are not avail-
able, the principle and interest components of a fi-
nancing lease shall be disaggregating using the ap-
plicable interest rate (as defined in section 28), plus
4 percent.
‘‘(5) PRINCIPAL
COMPONENT.—The principal
component of the financing lease shall be subject to
tax as if a purchase in the amount of the principal
component had been made on the day the lease was
entered into.
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‘‘(6) INTEREST
COMPONENT.—The financial
intermediation services amount with respect to the
interest component of the financing lease shall be
subject to tax.
‘‘(7) COORDINATION.—If the principal compo-
nent and financial intermediation services amount
with respect to the interest component of a lease
have been taxed pursuant to this section, then the
gross lease or rental payments shall not be subject
to additional tax.
‘‘(c) 
INSTALLMENT
SALES, 
ACCOUNTING, 
RE-
TURNS.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Tax will be due when
payment for the taxable property and services sold,
consumed, used or enjoyed is actually received.
‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE RULE.—A vendor may elect
to adopt the accrual method of accounting for pur-
poses of determining when the tax will be due. Said
election must apply to all sales made by vendor in
a particular calendar year.
‘‘(3) INSTALLMENT SALES.—Tax will be due on
taxable property and services sold under the install-
ment method when payment for the taxable property
and services sold is actually received.
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‘‘(4) RETURNS.—A credit shall be provided to
the vendor for returned taxable property and serv-
ices when actual payment for the returned taxable
property and services is made by the vendor to the
person returning the taxable property and services.
‘‘(d) MIXED USE PROPERTY OR SERVICES.—
‘‘(1) MIXED USE PROPERTY OR SERVICE DE-
FINED.—Mixed Use Property or Service is taxable
property or services purchased both for a purpose
that would give rise to an exemption pursuant to
section 2 and for taxable use, consumption or enjoy-
ment.
‘‘(2) EXEMPTION
THRESHOLD.—Mixed Use
Property or Service shall not be exempt pursuant to
section 2 unless said property is used more than 95
percent for purposes that would give rise to an ex-
emption pursuant to section 2.
‘‘(3) MIXED
USE
PROPERTY
OR
SERVICES
CREDIT.—A business registered pursuant to section
43 is entitled to a business use conversion credit
(pursuant to section 11(d)) equal to product of—
‘‘(A) the mixed use property amount,
‘‘(B) the business use ratio, and
‘‘(C) the rate of tax imposed by section 1.
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‘‘(4) MIXED
USE
PROPERTY
AMOUNT.—The
mixed use property amount for each year shall be—
‘‘(A) one-thirtieth of the purchase price for
real property for thirty years or until the prop-
erty is sold,
‘‘(B) one-seventh of the purchase price for
tangible personal property for seven years or
until the property is sold,
‘‘(C) one-fifth of the purchase price for ve-
hicles for five years or until the property is
sold, and
‘‘(D) a reasonable amount for other types
of taxable property or services or in accordance
with regulations.
‘‘(5) BUSINESS USE RATIO.—The business use
ratio is the ratio of business use to total use for a
particular year. For vehicles, the business use ratio
will be the ratio of business purpose miles to total
miles. For real property, the business use ratio is
the ratio of floor space used for business purposes
to total floor space. For tangible personal property
(except for vehicles), the business use ratio is the
ratio of total time used for business purposes to
total time used. For other property or services, the
business ratio shall be calculated using a reasonable
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method. Reasonable records must be maintained to
support a taxpayer’s business use of the mixed use
property or service.
‘‘(e) GAMING.—There is hereby imposed a 15-percent
tax on taxable gaming services. Taxable gaming services
shall be the gross gaming receipts less total gaming pay-
offs. This tax shall be paid and remitted by the person
offering the gaming services.
‘‘SEC. 23. DETERMINATION OF FINANCIAL INTERMEDI-
ATION SERVICES AMOUNT.
‘‘(a) FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION SERVICES.—For
purposes of this subtitle—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘financial inter-
mediation services’ means the sum of—
‘‘(A) explicitly charged financial intermedi-
ation services, and
‘‘(B) implicitly charged financial intermedi-
ation services.
‘‘(2) EXPLICITLY CHARGED FINANCIAL INTER-
MEDIATION SERVICES.—The term ‘explicitly charged
financial intermediation services’ includes—
‘‘(A) brokerage fees,
‘‘(B) explicitly stated banking, loan origi-
nation, processing, documentation, credit check
fees or other similar fees,
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‘‘(C) safe-deposit box fees,
‘‘(D) insurance premiums, to the extent
such premiums are not allocable to the invest-
ment account of the underlying insurance pol-
icy,
‘‘(E) trustees’ fees, and
‘‘(F) other financial service fees (including,
but not limited to, mutual fund management,
sales, and exit fees).
‘‘(3) IMPLICITLY CHARGED FINANCIAL INTER-
MEDIATION SERVICES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘implicitly
charged financial intermediation services’ in-
cludes the gross imputed amount in relation to
any underlying interest bearing investment, ac-
count, or debt.
‘‘(B) GROSS IMPUTED AMOUNT.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A), the term ‘gross im-
puted amount’ means—
‘‘(i) with respect to any underlying in-
terest bearing investment or account, the
product of—
‘‘(I) the excess (if any) of the
basic interest rate (as defined in sec-
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tion 27) over the rate paid on such in-
vestment, and
‘‘(II) such account balance, and
‘‘(ii) with respect to any underlying
interest bearing debt, the product of—
‘‘(I) the excess (if any) of the
rate paid on such debt over the basic
interest rate (as defined in section
27), and
‘‘(II) such debt balance.
‘‘(b) For purposes of section 1(c), the seller of finan-
cial intermediation services shall be—
‘‘(1) in the case of explicitly charged financial
intermediation services (as defined in subsection
(a)(2)), the person who receives the gross payments
for the charged financial intermediation services,
‘‘(2) in the case of implicit financial intermedi-
ation services (as defined in subsection (a)(3)) with
respect to any underlying interest bearing invest-
ment or account, the person making the interest
payments on the interest bearing investment or ac-
count, and
‘‘(3) in the case of implicit financial intermedi-
ation services (as defined in subsection (a)(2)) with
respect to any interest bearing debt, the person re-
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ceiving the interest payments on the interest bearing
debt.
‘‘SEC. 24. BAD DEBTS.
‘‘(a) For purposes of section 11, a bad debt shall be
a business loan or debt that becomes wholly or partially
worthless.
‘‘(b) For purposes of subsection (a), a business loan
or debt is a bona fide loan or debt made for a business
purpose that both parties intended be repaid.
‘‘(c) No loan or debt shall be considered wholly or
partially worthless unless it has been in arrears for 90
days or more, provided, however, that if a debt is dis-
charged wholly or partially in bankruptcy before 90 days
has elapsed, then it shall be deemed wholly or partially
worthless on the date of discharge.
‘‘(d) A loan or debt that has been in arrears for 90
days or more may be deemed wholly or partially worthless
by the holder unless a payment schedule has been entered
into between the debtor and the lender.
‘‘(e) CROSS REFERENCE.—
‘‘For tax on subsequent payments, see section
11(g)(3).
‘‘SEC. 25. TIMING OF TAX ON FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
SERVICES.
‘‘The tax on financial intermediation services pro-
vided in connection to an underlying investment account
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or debt shall be calculated and collected with the same
frequency that statements are rendered by the financial
institution in connection with the investment account or
debt but not less frequently than quarterly.
‘‘SEC. 26. ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR CALCULATING TAX
DUE.
‘‘(a) ALTERNATIVE METHOD PERMISSIBLE.—A pro-
vider of financial intermediation services need not cal-
culate its liability on a transaction-by-transaction or ac-
count-by-account basis provided that the method used by
the financial intermediation services provider—
‘‘(1) is reasonable, and
‘‘(2) will lead to a tax liability that is substan-
tially similar to that projected under ordinary sales
tax principles. The provider of financial intermedi-
ation services shall set forth his proposed method
and the reasons why it meets the criteria set forth
in the preceding sentence in a petition to the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(b) SECRETARY TO RULE.—An alternative method
proposed in a petition pursuant to subsection (a) shall be
accepted by the Secretary unless the Secretary rules that
the proposed alternative method—
‘‘(1) is unreasonable, or
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‘‘(2) will lead to a tax liability that is substan-
tially different from that projected under ordinary
sales tax principles.
The Secretary shall set froth the reasons for his ruling
in a finding. The Secretary must make his ruling within
120 days of receiving the petition and notify the petitioner
of his decision. In the event the Secretary fails to render
a ruling within 120 days, then the proposed method shall
be permissible. He must provide the petitioner with a copy
of the finding within 30 days of a ruling. He must publish
the permissible method (including those methods that be-
come permissible by virtue of the Secretary’s failure to
rule).
‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATES OF ALTERNATIVE METH-
OD.—An alternative method ruled permissible or permis-
sible by virtue of the Secretary’s failure to rule shall be
effective indefinitely and may take effect as early as the
month after the alternative method becomes permissible.
The Secretary may, however, after an investigation, audit,
or otherwise, subsequently rule on his own initiative that
the method is not permissible. Such subsequent ruling
shall be prospective in effect and not take effect until the
latter of—
‘‘(1) the first day of the calendar year following
the ruling, or
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‘‘(2) 120 days after the ruling.
If judicial review is sought pursuant to subsection (d), said
subsequent ruling shall not take effect until a final judg-
ment is rendered by the court.
‘‘(d) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—A ruling by the Secretary
with respect to a petition for use of an alternative method
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be subject to judicial re-
view in any court of competent jurisdiction, provided, how-
ever, that the standard of review shall be whether the peti-
tioner establishes by clear and convincing evidence that
the decision of the Secretary should be reversed.
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may provide by
regulation permissible alternative methods for calculating
tax due including methods based on annual flows of reve-
nue and expense.
‘‘SEC. 27. BASIC INTEREST RATE.
‘‘For purposes of this subchapter, the basic interest
rate with respect to a debt instrument, investment, financ-
ing lease, or account shall be the applicable interest rate
(as determined in section 28). For debt instruments, in-
vestments, or accounts of contractually fixed interest, the
applicable interest rate of the month of issuance shall
apply. For debt instruments, investments, or accounts of
variable interest rates and which have no reference inter-
est rate, the applicable interest rate shall be the Federal
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short-term interest rate for each month. For debt instru-
ments, investments or accounts of variable interest rates
and which have a reference interest rate, the applicable
interest rate shall be the applicable interest rate for the
reference interest rate for each month.
‘‘SEC. 28. APPLICABLE INTEREST RATE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) In the case of a debt instrument, invest-
ment, financing lease, or account with a term of not
over 3 years, the applicable interest rate is the Fed-
eral short-term rate.
‘‘(2) In the case of a debt instrument, invest-
ment, financing lease, or account with a term of over
3 years but not over 9 years, the applicable interest
rate is the Federal mid-term rate.
‘‘(3) In the case of a debt instrument, invest-
ment, financing lease, or account with a term of over
9 years, the applicable interest rate is the Federal
long-term rate.
‘‘(b) FEDERAL SHORT-TERM RATE.—The Federal
short-term rate shall be the rate determined by the Sec-
retary based on the average market yield (during any 1
month) on outstanding marketable obligations of the Unit-
ed States with remaining periods to maturity of 3 years
or less.
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‘‘(c) FEDERAL MID-TERM RATE.—The Federal mid-
term rate determined by the Secretary based on the aver-
age market yield (during any 1 month) on outstanding
marketable obligations of the United States with remain-
ing periods to maturity of more than 3 years and not over
9 years.
‘‘(d) FEDERAL LONG-TERM RATE.—The Federal
long-term rate shall be the rate determined by the Sec-
retary based on the average market yield (during any 1
month) on outstanding marketable obligations of the
United States with remaining periods to maturity of over
9 years.
‘‘(e) DETERMINATION OF RATES.—During each cal-
endar month, the Secretary shall determine the Federal
short-term rate, the Federal mid-term rate, and the Fed-
eral long-term rate which shall apply during the following
calendar month.
‘‘Subchapter D—Authority for States to
Collect Tax
‘‘Sec. 31. Authority for States to collect tax.
‘‘Sec. 32. Federal administrative support for States.
‘‘Sec. 33. Federal administration option for multi-State vendors.
‘‘Sec. 34. General administrative matters.
‘‘SEC. 31. AUTHORITY FOR STATES TO COLLECT TAX.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The tax imposed by this chapter
on gross payments for the use, consumption or enjoyment
of taxable property or services within a State which is an
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administering State shall be administered, collected, and
remitted to the United States Treasury by such State.
‘‘(b) ADMINISTERING STATE.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘administering State’ means any State—
‘‘(1) which maintains a conforming sales tax,
and
‘‘(2) which enters into a cooperative agreement
with the Secretary containing reasonable provisions,
limited in scope and detail, governing the adminis-
tration by such State of the taxes imposed by this
chapter and the remittance to the United States in
a timely manner of taxes collected under this chap-
ter.
‘‘(c) CONFORMING SALES TAX.—For purposes of
subsection (b), a State maintains a conforming sales tax
if such State imposes, administers, and collects a sales
tax—
‘‘(1) which conforms to the tax imposed by this
chapter in all significant respects (other than the
rate of tax), including—
‘‘(A) the same taxable property and serv-
ices,
‘‘(B) the same exemptions, and
‘‘(C) the same credits and refunds (other
than section 11(a)(4) (relating to the taxpayer
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administrative credit) and section 13 (relating
to the family consumption refund)), and
‘‘(2) which is imposed at a rate of no less than
1 percent.
‘‘(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The agreement
under subsection (b)(2) shall be limited in scope and detail
but include provisions for the expeditious transfer of
funds, contact officers, dispute resolution, information ex-
change, confidentiality, taxpayer rights, and other matters
of importance.
‘‘(e) TIMELY REMITTANCE OF TAX.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Administering States shall
remit and pay over taxes collected under this chap-
ter on behalf of the United States (less the adminis-
tration fee allowable under paragraph (2)) no later
than 15 days after receipt.
‘‘(2) 
ADMINISTRATION
FEE.—Administering
States may retain an administration fee equal to one
percent of the amounts otherwise required to be re-
mitted to the United States under this chapter by
the State.
‘‘(f) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION OF TAX BY
UNITED STATES.—The Secretary may administer the tax
imposed by this chapter in an administering State only
if—
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‘‘(1)(A) such State has failed on a regular and
sustained basis to timely remit to the United States
taxes collected under this chapter on behalf of the
United States, or
‘‘(B) such State has on a regular and sustained
basis otherwise materially breached the agreement
referred to in subsection (b)(2),
‘‘(2) the State has failed to cure such failures
and alleged breaches within a reasonable time,
‘‘(3) the Secretary provides such State with
written notice of such failures and alleged breaches,
and
‘‘(4) a district court of the United States within
such State has rendered a decision permitting such
administration.
‘‘(g) The Secretary shall administer the tax imposed
by this chapter in any State or other jurisdiction that is
not an administering State.
‘‘(h) It shall be permissible for a conforming State
to contract with another conforming State to administer
its sales tax for an agreed fee. In this case, the agreement
contemplated by subsection (d) shall have both States and
the Federal Government as parties.
‘‘(i) COORDINATION AMONG CONFORMING STATES.—
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33. 
FEDERAL 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPTION 
FOR
MULTISTATE VENDORS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Vendors that maintain retail es-
tablishments in five or more conforming States may elect,
in a form prescribed by the Secretary, to have their sales
tax obligations administered by the Federal Government
under the multistate vendor program.
‘‘(b) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO COLLECT
AND
REMIT STATE SALES TAXES.—Under the multistate ven-
dor program, the Federal Government will collect Federal
and conforming State sales taxes and remit the State sales
taxes to the States within 10 days of receiving said reve-
nue.
‘‘(c) FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.—The Federal Gov-
ernment will serve in the place of the State Administrator
with respect to multi-State vendors exercising the election
under this section. With respect to electing multi-State
vendors, the Federal Government exclusively will—
‘‘(1) audit;
‘‘(2) provide certificates; and
‘‘(3) otherwise administer the Federal and con-
forming State sales tax in place of the administering
State.
‘‘SEC. 34. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and each State
Administrator may employ accountants, auditors, inves-
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tigators, assistants, and clerks for the administration of
this subtitle and may delegate to employees the authority
to conduct interviews, hearings, prescribe rules, promul-
gate regulations, and perform such other duties as are re-
quired by this subtitle.
‘‘(b) RESOLUTION OF ANY INCONSISTENT RULES
AND REGULATIONS.—In the event that the Secretary and
any State Administrator have issued inconsistent rules or
regulations, the rule or regulation issued by the Secretary
shall govern provided that the Secretary possessed the
statutory authority to issue the rule or regulation.
‘‘(c) ADEQUATE NOTICE TO BE PROVIDED.—Except
in the case of an emergency declared by the Secretary (and
not his designee), no rule or regulation issued by the Sec-
retary with respect to any internal revenue law shall take
effect before 90 days have elapsed after its publication in
the Federal Register. Upon issuance, the Secretary shall
provide copies of all rules or regulations issued under this
title to each sales tax administering authority.
‘‘(d) NO RULES, RULINGS, OR REGULATIONS WITH
RETROACTIVE EFFECT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No rule, ruling, or regula-
tion issued or promulgated by the Secretary relating
to any internal revenue law or by a State Adminis-
trator that constitutes a change in law (including a
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reversal of prior law and new law) shall be retro-
active in effect.
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a rule,
ruling, or regulation that provides guidance or clari-
fies existing law may lawfully apply to cases prior to
its issuance.
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term
‘law’ includes State and Federal statutes, regula-
tions, rules, rulings, and court decisions.
‘‘(4) A rule, ruling, or regulation issued in con-
travention to paragraph (1) shall be void as to tax-
able events arising prior to the issuance of such rule,
ruling, or regulation.
‘‘(5) REVIEW OF IMPACT OF RULES, RULINGS,
AND REGULATIONS ON SMALL BUSINESS.—
‘‘(A) SUBMISSION TO SMALL BUSINESS AD-
MINISTRATION.—After publication of any pro-
posed or temporary regulation by the Secretary
relating to internal revenue laws, the Secretary
shall submit such regulation to the Chief Coun-
sel for Advocacy of the Small Business Admin-
istration for comment on the impact of such
regulation on small businesses. Not later than
the date 4 weeks after the date of such submis-
sion, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the
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Small Business Administration shall submit
comments on such regulation to the Secretary.
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION OF COMMENTS.—In
prescribing any final regulation which super-
sedes a proposed or temporary regulation which
had been submitted under this subsection to the
Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Busi-
ness Administration, the Secretary shall—
‘‘(i) consider the comments of the
Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration on such proposed
or temporary regulation, and
‘‘(ii) discuss any response to such
comments in the preamble to the regula-
tion.
‘‘(C) SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN FINAL REG-
ULATIONS.—In the case of promulgation by the
Secretary of any final regulations (other than a
temporary regulation) which do not supersede a
proposed regulation, the requirements of sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) shall apply, except that
the submission under subparagraph (A) shall be
made at least 4 weeks before the date of such
promulgation, and the consideration and discus-
sion required under subparagraph (B) shall be
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made in connection with the promulgation of
such final regulation.
‘‘Subchapter E—Other Administrative
Provisions
‘‘Sec. 41. Monthly reports and payments.
‘‘Sec. 42. Records.
‘‘Sec. 43. Registration.
‘‘Sec. 44. Certificates.
‘‘Sec. 45. Penalties.
‘‘Sec. 46. Burden of persuasion and burden of production.
‘‘Sec. 47. Attorneys and accountancy fees.
‘‘Sec. 48. Appeals.
‘‘Sec. 49. Taxpayer subject to subpoena on production.
‘‘Sec. 50. Tax Court jurisdiction.
‘‘Sec. 51. Power to levy.
‘‘Sec. 52. Problem resolution officers.
‘‘Sec. 53. Jurisdiction and interstate allocation.
‘‘Sec. 54. Tax to be separately stated and charged.
‘‘Sec. 55. Installment agreements; compromises.
‘‘Sec. 56. Accounting.
‘‘Sec. 57. Hobby activities.
‘‘SEC. 41. MONTHLY REPORTS AND PAYMENTS.
‘‘(a) REPORTS.—On or before the 20th of each
month, every person who is liable to collect and remit the
tax imposed by this chapter, or pay the tax imposed by
this chapter by reason of gross payments described in sec-
tion (1) (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘tax-
payer’), shall submit to the appropriate tax authority (in
a form satisfactory to the Secretary) a report relating to
the previous month that sets forth—
‘‘(1) the gross payments referred to in section
1,
‘‘(2) the tax collected under this chapter in con-
nection with such payments, and
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‘‘(3) the amount and type of any credit claimed.
‘‘(b) PAYMENTS OF TAX.—The tax imposed by this
chapter with respect to any use, consumption or enjoy-
ment during any month shall be paid on or before the 20th
of the succeeding month. One payment shall pay both Fed-
eral and conforming State tax liability.
‘‘(c) INTEREST ON AMOUNTS REMITTED LATE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If any amount required to
be paid on or before the 20th of any month is paid
after such 20th day, the taxpayer shall pay simple
interest from such 20th day at the rate of—
‘‘(A) 1 percent per month (or any fraction
thereof) for the first month, and
‘‘(B) 1.5 percent per month (or any frac-
tion thereof) thereafter.
‘‘(2) AMOUNTS PAID AFTER COLLECTION AC-
TION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The rate of interest
under paragraph (1) shall be 2 percent per
month (or any fraction thereof) with respect to
amounts paid only after the commencement of
a collection action with respect to such
amounts.
‘‘(B) COLLECTION ACTION.—For purposes
of subparagraph (A), the term ‘collection ac-
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tion’ includes administrative levies or garnish-
ments and the commencement of legal action in
any court.
‘‘(d) PENALTY FOR LATE FILING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a failure by
any person to file a report required by subsection (a)
on or before due date (determined with regard to
any extension) for such report, such person shall pay
a penalty equal to the greater of—
‘‘(A) $50, or
‘‘(B) 0.5 percent of the gross payments re-
ferred to in section 1 required to be shown on
the report.
‘‘(2) INCREASED PENALTY ON RETURNS FILED
AFTER WRITTEN INQUIRY.—The amount of the pen-
alty under paragraph (1) shall be doubled with re-
spect to any report filed after a written inquiry with
respect to such report is received by the taxpayer
from the State Administrator.
‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—
‘‘(A) REASONABLE
CAUSE.—No penalty
shall be imposed under paragraph (1) with re-
spect to any failure if it is shown that such fail-
ure is due to reasonable cause.
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‘‘(B) OTHER WAIVER AUTHORITY.—In ad-
dition to penalties not imposed by reason of
subparagraph (A), the State Administrator, on
application, shall waive the penalty imposed by
paragraph (1) once per taxpayer per 2-year pe-
riod. The preceding sentence shall not apply to
a penalty determined under paragraph (2).
‘‘(e) EXTENSIONS FOR FILING REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) AUTOMATIC EXTENSIONS FOR LESS THAN
30 DAYS.—On application, extensions of less than 30
days to file reports under subsection (a) shall be
automatically granted.
‘‘(2) OTHER EXTENSIONS.—Extensions of 30 to
90 days to file such reports shall be liberally granted
by the State Administrator for reasonable cause. Ex-
tensions greater than 90 days may be granted by the
State Administrator to avoid hardship.
‘‘(3) 
NO
EXTENSION
FOR
PAYMENT
OF
TAXES.—Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2),
no extension shall be granted with respect to the
time for paying the taxes under this chapter.
‘‘(f) PENALTY FOR WILLFULLY OR RECKLESSLY AC-
CEPTING A FALSE EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE.—A person
who willingly or recklessly accepts a false exemption cer-
tificate shall pay a penalty equal to 20 percent of the tax
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not collected on gross payments for taxable property and
services by virtue of said acceptance.
‘‘(g) The Secretary shall establish a system whereby
violation of the National Retail Sales Tax Act of 1997 can
be brought to the attention of the Secretary for investiga-
tion through the use of a toll-free telephone number and
otherwise.
‘‘SEC. 42. RECORDS.
‘‘Any person liable to collect and remit taxes pursu-
ant to this chapter or pay the tax imposed by this chapter
by reason of gross payments described in section 1, shall
keep records (including, but not limited to, copies of all
section 54 receipts provided and complete records of ex-
empt purchases including exempt purchaser’s exemption
certificates and tax number and the net of tax amount
of purchase) sufficient to provide a reasonable basis for
determining the amounts reported, collected, and remitted
for a period of 3 years after the filing of the report for
which the records formed the basis. Any purchaser who
purchased taxable property or services but did not pay tax
by reason of asserting an exemption shall keep records
sufficient to provide a reasonable basis for determining
whether the exemption was valid for a period of 3 years
after the purchase of taxable property or services.
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‘‘SEC. 43. REGISTRATION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person liable to collect and
remit taxes pursuant to section 1 who is engaged in an
active trade or business shall register with the State or
Federal taxing authorities administering the taxes im-
posed by this chapter.
‘‘(b) DESIGNATION OF TAX MATTERS PERSON.—
Every person registered pursuant to subsection (a) shall
designate a tax matters person. Each person registered
must provide notice of a change in the identity of the tax
matters person within 30 days of said change.
‘‘SEC. 44. CERTIFICATE.
‘‘The State Administrator shall issue certificates of
registration and qualification certificates to qualified not-
for-profit organizations and may issue such other certifi-
cates as may prove useful in the administration of the
taxes imposed by this chapter.
‘‘SEC. 45. PENALTIES.
‘‘(a) FAILURE TO REGISTER.—Each person who is
required to register pursuant to section 43 but fails to do
so prior to notification by the State Administrator shall
be liable for a penalty of $500.
‘‘(b) FAILURE TO COLLECT OR REMIT TAX.—
‘‘(1) CIVIL PENALTY.—Each person who reck-
lessly or willfully fails to collect or remit taxes im-
posed by section 1 shall be liable for a penalty equal
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to the greater of $500 or 20 percent of the tax not
collected or remitted.
‘‘(2) CRIMINAL
PENALTY.—Each person who
willfully fails as part of an active trade or business
to collect or remit taxes imposed by this chapter
may be imprisoned for a period of up to one year.
‘‘(c) FAILURE TO PAY TAX.—
‘‘(1) CIVIL PENALTY.—Each person who will-
fully fails to pay taxes imposed by section 1 shall be
liable for a penalty equal to the greater of $500 or
20 percent of the tax not paid.
‘‘(2) CRIMINAL
PENALTY.—Each person who
willfully fails to pay taxes imposed by this chapter
may be imprisoned for a period of up to six months.
‘‘SEC. 46. BURDEN OF PERSUASION AND BURDEN OF PRO-
DUCTION.
‘‘In all disputes concerning taxes imposed by this
chapter, the person engaged in a dispute with the State
Administrator shall have the burden of production of doc-
uments and records but the State Administrator shall
have the burden of persuasion. In all disputes concerning
the legitimacy of an exemption claimed by a purchaser,
if the seller has on file a copy of a bona fide exemption
certificate and did not have reasonable cause to believe
that an exemption from the tax was unavailable to the
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purchaser with respect to such purchase, then the burden
of production of documents and records relating to that
exemption shall rest with the purchaser and not with the
seller.
‘‘SEC. 47. ATTORNEYS AND ACCOUNTANCY FEES.
‘‘In all disputes concerning taxes imposed by this
chapter, the person engaged in a dispute with the State
Administrator or the Secretary, as the case may be, shall
be entitled to reasonable attorneys and accountancy fees
incurred in direct relation to the dispute unless the State
Administrator or the Secretary, as the case may be, estab-
lishes that his position was substantially justified.
‘‘SEC. 48. APPEALS.
‘‘The State Administrator and the Secretary shall es-
tablish an administrative appeals process wherein the tax-
payer is provided a full and fair hearing in connection with
any disputes he has with the State Administrator or the
Secretary.
‘‘SEC. 49. TAXPAYER SUBJECT TO SUBPOENA ON PRODUC-
TION.
‘‘Taxpayers are subject to subpoena for records and
documents required by the State Administrator or the Sec-
retary, as the case may be, to accurately determine liabil-
ity for tax under this chapter.
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‘‘SEC. 50. TAX COURT JURISDICTION.
‘‘The United States Tax Court shall have jurisdiction
pursuant to section 7442 in connection with all disputes
with taxpayers arising under this chapter.
‘‘SEC. 51. POWER TO LEVY.
‘‘Pursuant to enforcement of a judgment duly ren-
dered by a court of law, the State Administrator or the
Secretary, as the case may be, shall have the right to levy
and seize property and garnish wages to collect amounts
due under this chapter.
‘‘SEC. 52. PROBLEM RESOLUTION OFFICERS.
‘‘The State Administrator shall establish a Problem
Resolution Office. Problem Resolution Officers shall have
the authority to investigate taxpayer complaints and en-
join collection activity if, in the opinion of the Problem
Resolution Officer, said collection activity is reasonably
likely to not be in compliance with law. Said administra-
tive injunction may only be reversed by the highest official
in the relevant State or Federal taxing authority or by
its General Counsel upon a finding that the collection ac-
tivity is justified by clear and convincing evidence. The
authority to reverse this administrative injunction may not
be delegated. Problem Resolution Officers shall not be dis-
ciplined or adversely affected for the issuance of adminis-
trative injunctions unless a pattern or issuing injunctions
that are manifestly unreasonable is proven in an adminis-
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trative hearing. Nothing in this section shall limit the au-
thority of the State Administrators or the taxpayer to pur-
sue any legal remedy in any court with jurisdiction over
the dispute at issue.
‘‘SEC. 53. JURISDICTION AND INTERSTATE ALLOCATION.
‘‘(a) ALLOCATION RULES.—For purposes of allocat-
ing revenue between or among administering states from
taxes imposed by this subtitle, the revenue shall be allo-
cated to those states that are the destination of the taxable
property or services. The destination of the purchase of
taxable property and services shall be determined in ac-
cordance with this section.
‘‘(b) FEDERAL OFFICE OF REVENUE ALLOCATION.—
The Secretary shall establish an Office of Revenue Alloca-
tion to arbitrate any claims or disputes among administer-
ing states as to the destination of taxable property and
services for purposes of allocating revenue between or
among the states from taxes imposed by this subtitle. The
determination of the Administrator of the Office of Reve-
nue Allocation shall be subject to judicial review in any
federal court with competent jurisdiction provided, how-
ever, that the standard of review shall be abuse of discre-
tion.
‘‘(c) TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY.—The destina-
tion of tangible personal property shall be the state or ter-
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ritory in which the property was first delivered to the pur-
chaser. Tangible personal property shipped by means of
the mail or common carrier shall be deemed delivered to
the location of the purchaser for purposes of this sub-
section upon shipment by mail or common carrier.
‘‘(d) REAL PROPERTY.—The destination of real prop-
erty or rents or leaseholds on real property shall be state
or territory in which the real property is located.
‘‘(e) OTHER PROPERTY.—The destination of other
property shall be residence of the purchaser.
‘‘(f) SERVICES.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—The destination of serv-
ices shall be state or territory in which the use, con-
sumption or enjoyment of the services occurred. Al-
location of service invoices relating to more than one
jurisdiction shall be on the basis of time.
‘‘(2) TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES.—The
destination of telecommunications services shall be
the residence of the purchaser. Telecommunications
services shall include telephone, telegraph, cable tele-
vision, satellite and computer on-line or network
services.
‘‘(3) DOMESTIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.—
For transportation services where all of the final
destinations are within the United States, the des-
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tination of transportation services shall be the final
destination of the trip (in the case of round or mul-
tiple trip fares, the services amount shall be equally
allocated among the final destinations).
‘‘(4) INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SERV-
ICES.—For transportation services where the final
destination or origin of the trip is without the Unit-
ed States, the service amount shall be deemed 50
percent attributable to the United States destination
or origin.
‘‘(g) FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION SERVICES.—The
destination of financial intermediation services shall be the
residence of the purchase.
‘‘(h) A State Tax Administrator shall have jurisdic-
tion over any gross payments made which have a destina-
tion (as determined in accordance with this section) within
the state of said State Tax Administrator. This grant of
jurisdiction is not exclusive of other jurisdiction that said
State Tax Administrator may have.
‘‘(i) RENTS AND ROYALTIES PAID FOR THE LEASE
OF TANGIBLE PROPERTY.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—The destination of rents
and royalties paid for the lease of tangible property
shall be where the property is located.
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‘‘(2) VEHICLES.—The destination of rent and
lease payments on vehicles shall be—
‘‘(A) in the case of rentals and leases of a
term one month or less, the location where the
vehicle was originally delivered to the lessee;
and
‘‘(B) in the case of rentals and leases of a
term greater than one month, the residence of
the lessee.
‘‘SEC. 54. TAX TO BE STATED AND CHARGED SEPARATELY.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each purchase of taxable
property or services for which a tax is imposed pursuant
to section 1, the sales tax shall be charged separately from
the purchase price by the vendor or seller. For purchase
of taxable property or services for which a tax is imposed
pursuant to section 1, the vendor shall provide to the pur-
chaser a receipt that sets forth at least the following infor-
mation:
‘‘(1) The property or services price exclusive of
tax.
‘‘(2) The amount of tax paid.
‘‘(3) The property or service price inclusive of
tax.
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‘‘(4) The tax rate (the amount of tax paid (per
subparagraph 2) divided by the property or service
price inclusive of tax (per subparagraph 3)).
‘‘(5) The date that the good or service was sold.
‘‘(6) The name of the vendor.
‘‘(7) The vendor registration number.
‘‘(b) VENDING MACHINE EXCEPTION.—The require-
ments of subsection (a) shall be inapplicable in the case
of sales by vending machines. Vending machines for pur-
poses of this subsection shall mean machines—
‘‘(1) that dispense taxable property in exchange
for coins, one, five, ten or twenty dollar bills, and
‘‘(2) that sell no single item exceeding ten dol-
lars per unit in price.
‘‘SEC. 55. INSTALLMENT AGREEMENTS; COMPROMISES.
‘‘The State Administrator or the Secretary, as the
case may be, is authorized to enter into written agree-
ments with any person under which the person is allowed
to satisfy liability for payment of any tax in installment
payments if he determines that such agreement will facili-
tate the collection of such liability. The agreement shall
remain in effect for the term of the agreement unless the
information that the person provided to the Secretary or
the State Administrator was materially inaccurate or in-
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complete. The Secretary and the State Administrator may
compromise any amounts alleged to be due.
‘‘SEC. 56. ACCOUNTING.
‘‘(a) CASH METHOD TO BE USED GENERALLY.—
Vendors and other persons shall remit taxes and report
transactions with respect to the month for which payment
was received or the tax imposed by this chapter otherwise
becomes due.
‘‘(b) ELECTION TO USE ACCRUAL METHOD.—A per-
son may elect with respect to a calendar year, in a form
prescribed by the Secretary, to remit taxes and report
transactions with respect to the month where a sale was
invoiced and accrued.
‘‘(c) CROSS REFERENCE.—
‘‘For rules relating to bad debts for vendors elect-
ing the accrual method, see section 11(g).
‘‘SEC. 57. HOBBY ACTIVITIES.
‘‘(a) The exemption afforded by section 2(a)(1) shall
not be available for any taxable property or service used
by a trade or business if that trade or business is not en-
gaged in for profit.
‘‘(b) If the trade or business has received gross pay-
ments for the sale of taxable property or services that ex-
ceed the sum of—
‘‘(1) taxable property and services purchased,
‘‘(2) wages paid, and
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‘‘(3) taxes paid,
in 2 or more of the most recent 4 calendar years during
which it operated, then the business activity shall be con-
clusively deemed to be engaged in for profit.’’.
SEC. 5. PHASE-OUT OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
(a) Appropriations for any expenses of the Internal
Revenue Service including processing income tax returns
for years prior to the repeal of the income tax, revenue
accounting, management, transfer of payroll tax data to
the Social Security Administration and otherwise for years
after fiscal year 2001 are not authorized.
(b) Section 7801 is amended by adding the following
new subsections:
‘‘(d) EXCISE TAX BUREAU.—There shall be in the
Department of Treasury an Excise Tax Bureau to admin-
ister those excise taxes not repealed by this Act.
‘‘(e) SALES TAX BUREAU.—There shall be in the De-
partment of Treasury a Sales Tax Bureau to administer
the national sales tax in those States where it is required
pursuant to section 31(g), and to discharge other Federal
duties and powers relating to the national sales tax (in-
cluding those required by sections 32, 33, and 53(b)). The
Office of Revenue Allocation shall be within the Sales Tax
Bureau.’’.
(c) Section 7801(b)(2) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(2) ASSISTANT
GENERAL
COUNSELS.—The
Secretary of the Treasury may appoint, without re-
gard to the provisions of the civil service laws, and
fix the duties of not more than 5 Assistant General
Counsel.’’.
(d) SHORT YEAR.—
(1) For purposes of the Federal income tax, the
tax imposed by section 1 and section 11 for taxable
years ending June 30, 1999, shall be modified as set
forth in this subsection.
(2) For calendar year taxpayers, the dollar fig-
ures in section 1 and section 11 shall be reduced by
dividing by 2 all dollar figures that would be applica-
ble but for this subsection.
(3) For fiscal year taxpayers, the dollar figures
in section 1 and section 11 shall be equal to the
product of—
(A) the dollar amount that would be appli-
cable but for this subsection, and
(B) the ratio that has as its numerator the
number of months in the taxpayer’s taxable
year ending June 30, 1999, and as its denomi-
nator 12.
(4) The Secretary shall publish tax rate sched-
ules in accordance with this subsection.
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SEC. 6. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION TO COLLECT
PAYROLL TAXES.
(a) Commencing January 1, 1999, the Social Secu-
rity Administration shall collect and administer the taxes
imposed pursuant to chapter 2 of subtitle A (relating to
self employment income taxes) and subtitle C (relating to
employment taxes) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(b) CROSS REFERENCES.—
For revised rules relating to the self-employment
tax, see section 7 of this Act.
For rules relating to revised withholding tax
schedules and family consumption refund, see sec-
tion 13.
SEC. 7. SELF-EMPLOYMENT TAX.
(a) Subsection 1402(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—‘Self employment income’ shall
mean gross payments received in a calendar year from the
sale of taxable property or services (without regard to ex-
emption) less the sum in a calendar year of—
‘‘(1) purchases of taxable property or services
(without regard to exemption) in furtherance of a
business purpose,
‘‘(2) any wages paid (whether to the self-em-
ployed person or others) in furtherance of a business
purpose,
‘‘(3) unused transition amounts, and
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‘‘(4) undeducted negative self employment in-
come amounts from prior periods.
‘‘(b) TRANSITION AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—The transition amount
for the ten calendar years commencing in 1999 shall
be the unrecovered basis amount as of the end of
December 31, 1998 divided by ten.
‘‘(2) UNRECOVERED BASIS AMOUNT.—The un-
recovered basis amount shall be remaining income
tax basis relating to—
‘‘(A) prior law section 167 property placed
in service prior to January 1, 1999, and
‘‘(B) inventory held as of the end of 1998
(including any amounts capitalized in accord-
ance with prior law section 263A).’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Subsections
1402(b) and 1402(c) are hereby repealed. Subsections
1402(d) et seq. are hereby renumbered as subsections
1402(b) et seq.
SEC. 8. SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS INDEXED ON SALES
TAX INCLUSIVE BASIS.
Subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of subsection (i)
of section 215 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415)
(relating to cost-of-living increases in Social Security bene-
fits) is amended to read as follows: