H.R. 7058 · 115th Congress

Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2018

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2018-10-12
Latest action
2018-11-15 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Summary

Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2018

This bill prohibits a state or local jurisdiction from imposing: (1) multiple taxes on the sale of a covered electronic good or service, or (2) discriminatory taxes on the sale or use of a digital good or service.

A "digital good or service" is delivered or transferred electronically to a customer. A "covered electronic good or service" is a digital good, digital service, audio or video programming service, or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service.

The bill also:

specifies services that are excluded from the definition of "digital service;" restricts taxation of a covered electronic good or service to taxation by a state or local jurisdiction whose territorial limits encompass a customer tax address, as defined by this bill; makes the seller of covered electronic goods or services responsible for obtaining and maintaining such address; and specifies rules regarding the taxation of bundled transactions, digital code, and VoIP services.