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

Bill: 113-s-41
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2013-01-22
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions

Sales and excise taxes

State and local taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>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. </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 41 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 22 (legislative day, January 3), 2013 Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Enzi , and Mr. Nelson ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To provide a permanent deduction for State and local general sales taxes.

1. Permanent extension of deduction for State and local general sales taxes (a) In general Subparagraph (I) of section 164(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 205 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, is amended by striking , and before January 1, 2014 . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2013.