CTIA To Testify Favoring Digital Goods, Services Tax Fairness Act
CTIA Vice President-Government Affairs Jot Carpenter plans to back the Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act (HR-1643) Tuesday during a 10 a.m. hearing of the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee in 2141 Rayburn. The hearing is focused on state taxation…
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of interstate commerce and HR-1643. “State legislators have a strong incentive to impose burdens on nonresidents who cannot vote them out of office,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said in a statement. “This hearing will explore concrete solutions to state overreach in order to alleviate the burdens on American workers and businesses engaged in interstate commerce.” Carpenter is testifying on behalf of the Download Fairness Coalition of 29 companies and organizations. The legislation “is built upon basic principles of fairness for consumers and those that serve as the agents of the various states,” Carpenter plans to testify. “Critically, this framework does not mandate any new taxes, and it respects each state’s determination for its citizens on how, or if, to tax a digital product. It is a national framework that only Congress can enact, and it will provide the certainty, stability and safeguards needed to keep the digital marketplace a thriving part of our economy.”