House GOPers Step Back From MO Tax Bill
House Republicans have backed off from a bill prohibiting states from taxing mail order and other companies that do business in their states without local employees or offices, according to wire service reports.
GOP leaders could not amass enough votes to pass the bill amid some misconceptions about its effect on states, said Kevin Madden, spokesman for House Majority Leader John Boehner, (R-OH).
Some businesses pressed for the bill, saying they needed the federal government to intervene. They point to a confusing array of state laws that could subject them to taxation when their employees or goods simply passed through a state.
But the Direct Marketing Association cautioned members against voting for the measure.
“Taxation without borders’ results in cost, complexity, confusion, and conflicts,” said George Isaacson, DMA tax counsel in a statement.
