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                                                                     112TH CONGRESS
                                                                        1ST SESSION
                                                                                                            S. 1832
                                                                           To restore States’ sovereign rights to enforce State and local sales and
                                                                                            use tax laws, and for other purposes.




                                                                                 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
                                                                                                  NOVEMBER 9, 2011
                                                                     Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. JOHNSON of South
                                                                         Dakota, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. REED, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr.
                                                                         CORKER, and Mr. PRYOR) introduced the following bill; which was read
                                                                         twice and referred to the Committee on Finance




                                                                                                               A BILL
                                                                           To restore States’ sovereign rights to enforce State and
                                                                            local sales and use tax laws, and for other purposes.

                                                                       1              Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
                                                                       2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
                                                                       3     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

                                                                       4              This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Marketplace Fairness
                                                                       5 Act’’.
                                                                       6     SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

                                                                       7              It is the sense of Congress that States should have
                                                                       8 the ability to enforce their existing sales and use tax laws
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                                                                       1 gard to the manner in which the sale is transacted,                                            and
                                                                       2 the right to collect—or decide not to collect—taxes that
                                                                       3 are already owed under State law.
                                                                       4     SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION TO REQUIRE COLLECTION OF

                                                                       5                             SALES AND USE TAXES.

                                                                       6              (a) STREAMLINED SALES                                 AND      USE TAX AGREE-
                                                                       7     MENT.—Each                  Member State under the Streamlined Sales
                                                                       8 and Use Tax Agreement is authorized to require all sellers
                                                                       9 not qualifying for a small seller exception to collect and
                                                                     10 remit sales and use taxes with respect to remote sales
                                                                     11 sourced to that Member State pursuant to the provisions
                                                                     12 of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. Such
                                                                     13 authority shall commence beginning no earlier than the
                                                                     14 first day of the calendar quarter that is at least 90 days
                                                                     15 after the date of the enactment of this Act.
                                                                     16               (b) ALTERNATIVE.—
                                                                     17                         (1) IN       GENERAL.—A                 State that is not a Mem-
                                                                     18               ber State under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax
                                                                     19               Agreement is authorized to require all sellers not
                                                                     20               qualifying for the small seller exception to collect
                                                                     21               and remit sales and use taxes with respect to remote
                                                                     22               sales sourced to that State, but only if the State
                                                                     23               adopts and implements minimum simplification re-
                                                                     24               quirements. Such authority shall commence begin-
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                                                                     25               ning no earlier than the first day of the calendar


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                                                                       1              quarter that is at least 6 months after the date that
                                                                       2              the State enacts legislation to implement each of the
                                                                       3              following minimum simplification requirements:
                                                                       4                                 (A) Provide—
                                                                       5                                        (i) a single State-level agency to ad-
                                                                       6                                 minister all sales and use tax laws, includ-
                                                                       7                                 ing the collection and administration of all
                                                                       8                                 State and applicable locality sales and use
                                                                       9                                 taxes for all sales sourced to the State
                                                                     10                                  made by remote sellers,
                                                                     11                                         (ii) a single audit for all State and
                                                                     12                                  local taxing jurisdictions within that State,
                                                                     13                                  and
                                                                     14                                         (iii) a single sales and use tax return
                                                                     15                                  to be used by remote sellers and single and
                                                                     16                                  consolidated providers and to be filed with
                                                                     17                                  the State-level agency.
                                                                     18                                  (B) Provide a uniform sales and use tax
                                                                     19                         base among the State and the local taxing juris-
                                                                     20                         dictions within the State.
                                                                     21                                  (C) Require remote sellers and single and
                                                                     22                         consolidated providers to collect sales and use
                                                                     23                         taxes pursuant to the applicable destination
                                                                     24                         rate, which is the sum of the applicable State
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                                                                       1                        rate and any applicable rate for the local juris-
                                                                       2                        diction into which the sale is made.
                                                                       3                                 (D) Provide—
                                                                       4                                        (i) adequate software and services to
                                                                       5                                 remote sellers and single and consolidated
                                                                       6                                 providers that identifies the applicable des-
                                                                       7                                 tination rate, including the State and local
                                                                       8                                 sales tax rate (if any), to be applied on
                                                                       9                                 sales sourced to the State, and
                                                                     10                                         (ii) certification procedures for both
                                                                     11                                  single providers and consolidated providers
                                                                     12                                  to make software and services available to
                                                                     13                                  remote sellers, and hold such providers
                                                                     14                                  harmless for any errors or omissions as a
                                                                     15                                  result of relying on information provided
                                                                     16                                  by the State.
                                                                     17                                  (E) Hold remote sellers using a single or
                                                                     18                         consolidated provider harmless for any errors
                                                                     19                         and omissions by that provider.
                                                                     20                                  (F) Relieve remote sellers from liability to
                                                                     21                         the State or locality for collection of the incor-
                                                                     22                         rect amount of sales or use tax, including any
                                                                     23                         penalties or interest, if collection of the im-
                                                                     24                         proper amount is the result of relying on infor-
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                                                                     25                         mation provided by the State.


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                                                                       1                                 (G) Provide remote sellers and single and
                                                                       2                        consolidated providers with 30 days notice of a
                                                                       3                        rate change by any locality in the State.
                                                                       4                        (2) TREATMENT                       OF LOCAL RATE CHANGES.—

                                                                       5              For purposes of this subsection, local rate changes
                                                                       6              may only be effective on the first day of a calendar
                                                                       7              quarter. Failure to provide notice under paragraph
                                                                       8              (1)(G) shall require the State and locality to hold
                                                                       9              the remote seller or single or consolidated provider
                                                                     10               harmless for collecting tax at the immediately pre-
                                                                     11               ceding effective rate during the 30-day period. Each
                                                                     12               State must provide updated rate information as part
                                                                     13               of the software and services required by paragraph
                                                                     14               (1)(D).
                                                                     15               (c) SMALL SELLER EXCEPTION.—A State shall be
                                                                     16 authorized to require a remote seller, or a single or con-
                                                                     17 solidated provider acting on behalf of a remote seller, to
                                                                     18 collect sales or use tax under this Act if the remote seller
                                                                     19 has gross annual receipts in total remote sales in the
                                                                     20 United States in the preceding calendar year exceeding
                                                                     21 $500,000.                   For purposes of determining whether the
                                                                     22 threshold in this subsection is met, the sales of all persons
                                                                     23 related within the meaning of subsections (b) and (c) of
                                                                     24 section 267 or section 707(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue
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                                                                     25 Code of 1986 shall be aggregated.


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                                                                       1     SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.

                                                                       2              The authority granted by this Act shall terminate on
                                                                       3 the date that the highest court of competent jurisdiction
                                                                       4 makes a final determination that the State no longer
                                                                       5 meets the requirements of this Act, and the determination
                                                                       6 of such court is no longer subject to appeal.
                                                                       7     SEC. 5. LIMITATIONS.

                                                                       8              (a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act shall be con-
                                                                       9 strued as—
                                                                     10                         (1) subjecting a seller or any other person to
                                                                     11               franchise, income, occupation, or any other type of
                                                                     12               taxes, other than sales and use taxes,
                                                                     13                         (2) affecting the application of such taxes, or
                                                                     14                         (3) enlarging or reducing State authority to im-
                                                                     15               pose such taxes.
                                                                     16               (b) NO EFFECT                  ON     NEXUS.—No obligation imposed
                                                                     17 by virtue of the authority granted by this Act shall be con-
                                                                     18 sidered in determining whether a seller or any other per-
                                                                     19 son has a nexus with any State for any tax purpose other
                                                                     20 than sales and use taxes.
                                                                     21               (c) LICENSING AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.—
                                                                     22 Other than the limitation set forth in subsection (a), and
                                                                     23 section 3, nothing in this Act shall be construed as permit-
                                                                     24 ting or prohibiting a State from—
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                                                                     25                         (1) licensing or regulating any person,


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                                                                       1                        (2) requiring any person to qualify to transact
                                                                       2              intrastate business,
                                                                       3                        (3) subjecting any person to State taxes not re-
                                                                       4              lated to the sale of goods or services, or
                                                                       5                        (4) exercising authority over matters of inter-
                                                                       6              state commerce.
                                                                       7              (d) NO NEW TAXES.—Nothing in this Act shall be
                                                                       8 construed as encouraging a State to impose sales and use
                                                                       9 taxes on any goods or services not subject to taxation prior
                                                                     10 to the date of the enactment of this Act.
                                                                     11               (e) INTRASTATE SALES.—The provisions of this Act
                                                                     12 shall only apply to remote sales and shall not apply to
                                                                     13 intrastate sales or intrastate sourcing rules. States grant-
                                                                     14 ed authority under section 3(a) shall comply with the
                                                                     15 intrastate provisions of the Streamlined Sales and Use
                                                                     16 Tax Agreement.
                                                                     17      SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.

                                                                     18               In this Act:
                                                                     19                         (1)       CONSOLIDATED                      PROVIDER.—The               term
                                                                     20               ‘‘consolidated provider’’ means any person certified
                                                                     21               by a State who has the rights and responsibilities for
                                                                     22               sales and use tax administration, collection, remit-
                                                                     23               tance, and audits for transactions serviced or proc-
                                                                     24               essed for the sale of goods or services made by re-
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                                                                     25               mote sellers on an aggregated basis.


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                                                                       1                        (2) LOCALITY;                   LOCAL.—The                terms ‘‘locality’’
                                                                       2              and ‘‘local’’ refer to any political subdivision of a
                                                                       3              State.
                                                                       4                        (3) MEMBER                      STATE.—The                term ‘‘Member
                                                                       5              State’’—
                                                                       6                                 (A) means a Member State as that term is
                                                                       7                        used under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax
                                                                       8                        Agreement as in effect on the date of the enact-
                                                                       9                        ment of this Act, and
                                                                     10                                  (B) does not include any associate member
                                                                     11                         under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax
                                                                     12                         Agreement.
                                                                     13                         (4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-
                                                                     14               dividual, trust, estate, fiduciary, partnership, cor-
                                                                     15               poration, limited liability company, or other legal en-
                                                                     16               tity, and a State or local government.
                                                                     17                         (5) REMOTE               SALE.—The                 term ‘‘remote sale’’
                                                                     18               means a sale of goods or services attributed to a
                                                                     19               State with respect to which a seller does not have
                                                                     20               adequate physical presence to establish nexus under
                                                                     21               Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, 504 U.S. 298 (1992).
                                                                     22                         (6) REMOTE              SELLER.—The                   term ‘‘remote sell-
                                                                     23               er’’ means a person that makes remote sales.
                                                                     24                         (7) SINGLE            PROVIDER.—The                     term ‘‘single pro-
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                                                                       1              has the rights and responsibilities for sales and use
                                                                       2              tax administration, collection, remittance, and audits
                                                                       3              for transactions serviced or processed for the sale of
                                                                       4              goods or services made by remote sellers.
                                                                       5                        (8) SOURCED.—For purposes of a State grant-
                                                                       6              ed authority under section 3(b), the location to
                                                                       7              which a remote sale is sourced refers to the location
                                                                       8              where the item sold is received by the purchaser,
                                                                       9              based on the location indicated by instructions for
                                                                     10               delivery that the purchaser furnishes to the seller.
                                                                     11               When no delivery location is specified, the remote
                                                                     12               sale is sourced to the customer’s address that is ei-
                                                                     13               ther known to the seller or, if not known, obtained
                                                                     14               by the seller during the consummation of the trans-
                                                                     15               action, including the address of the customer’s pay-
                                                                     16               ment instrument if no other address is available. If
                                                                     17               an address is unknown and a billing address cannot
                                                                     18               be obtained, the remote sale is sourced to the ad-
                                                                     19               dress of the seller from which the remote sale was
                                                                     20               made. A State granted authority under section 3(a)
                                                                     21               shall comply with the sourcing provisions of the
                                                                     22               Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.
                                                                     23                         (9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of
                                                                     24               the several States, the District of Columbia, the
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                                                                     25               Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American


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                                                                       1              Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Com-
                                                                       2              monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and
                                                                       3              any other territory or possession of the United
                                                                       4              States.
                                                                       5                        (10) STREAMLINED                            SALES         AND           USE   TAX

                                                                       6              AGREEMENT.—The                        term ‘‘Streamlined Sales and
                                                                       7              Use Tax Agreement’’ means the multi-State agree-
                                                                       8              ment with that title adopted on November 12, 2002,
                                                                       9              as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act
                                                                     10               and as further amended from time to time.
                                                                     11      SEC. 7. SEVERABILITY.

                                                                     12               If any provision of this Act or the application of such
                                                                     13 provision to any person or circumstance is held to be un-
                                                                     14 constitutional, the remainder of this Act and the applica-
                                                                     15 tion of the provisions of such to any person or cir-
                                                                     16 cumstance shall not be affected thereby.
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Marketplace Fairness Act, Senate Bill 1832

  • 1. II 112TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1832 To restore States’ sovereign rights to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES NOVEMBER 9, 2011 Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. REED, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. CORKER, and Mr. PRYOR) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To restore States’ sovereign rights to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Marketplace Fairness 5 Act’’. 6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 7 It is the sense of Congress that States should have 8 the ability to enforce their existing sales and use tax laws tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS 9 and to treat similar sales transactions equally, without re- VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:54 Nov 10, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:BILLSS1832.IS S1832
  • 2. 2 1 gard to the manner in which the sale is transacted, and 2 the right to collect—or decide not to collect—taxes that 3 are already owed under State law. 4 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION TO REQUIRE COLLECTION OF 5 SALES AND USE TAXES. 6 (a) STREAMLINED SALES AND USE TAX AGREE- 7 MENT.—Each Member State under the Streamlined Sales 8 and Use Tax Agreement is authorized to require all sellers 9 not qualifying for a small seller exception to collect and 10 remit sales and use taxes with respect to remote sales 11 sourced to that Member State pursuant to the provisions 12 of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. Such 13 authority shall commence beginning no earlier than the 14 first day of the calendar quarter that is at least 90 days 15 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 16 (b) ALTERNATIVE.— 17 (1) IN GENERAL.—A State that is not a Mem- 18 ber State under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax 19 Agreement is authorized to require all sellers not 20 qualifying for the small seller exception to collect 21 and remit sales and use taxes with respect to remote 22 sales sourced to that State, but only if the State 23 adopts and implements minimum simplification re- 24 quirements. Such authority shall commence begin- tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS 25 ning no earlier than the first day of the calendar •S 1832 IS VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:54 Nov 10, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:BILLSS1832.IS S1832
  • 3. 3 1 quarter that is at least 6 months after the date that 2 the State enacts legislation to implement each of the 3 following minimum simplification requirements: 4 (A) Provide— 5 (i) a single State-level agency to ad- 6 minister all sales and use tax laws, includ- 7 ing the collection and administration of all 8 State and applicable locality sales and use 9 taxes for all sales sourced to the State 10 made by remote sellers, 11 (ii) a single audit for all State and 12 local taxing jurisdictions within that State, 13 and 14 (iii) a single sales and use tax return 15 to be used by remote sellers and single and 16 consolidated providers and to be filed with 17 the State-level agency. 18 (B) Provide a uniform sales and use tax 19 base among the State and the local taxing juris- 20 dictions within the State. 21 (C) Require remote sellers and single and 22 consolidated providers to collect sales and use 23 taxes pursuant to the applicable destination 24 rate, which is the sum of the applicable State tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS •S 1832 IS VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:54 Nov 10, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:BILLSS1832.IS S1832
  • 4. 4 1 rate and any applicable rate for the local juris- 2 diction into which the sale is made. 3 (D) Provide— 4 (i) adequate software and services to 5 remote sellers and single and consolidated 6 providers that identifies the applicable des- 7 tination rate, including the State and local 8 sales tax rate (if any), to be applied on 9 sales sourced to the State, and 10 (ii) certification procedures for both 11 single providers and consolidated providers 12 to make software and services available to 13 remote sellers, and hold such providers 14 harmless for any errors or omissions as a 15 result of relying on information provided 16 by the State. 17 (E) Hold remote sellers using a single or 18 consolidated provider harmless for any errors 19 and omissions by that provider. 20 (F) Relieve remote sellers from liability to 21 the State or locality for collection of the incor- 22 rect amount of sales or use tax, including any 23 penalties or interest, if collection of the im- 24 proper amount is the result of relying on infor- tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS 25 mation provided by the State. •S 1832 IS VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:54 Nov 10, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:BILLSS1832.IS S1832
  • 5. 5 1 (G) Provide remote sellers and single and 2 consolidated providers with 30 days notice of a 3 rate change by any locality in the State. 4 (2) TREATMENT OF LOCAL RATE CHANGES.— 5 For purposes of this subsection, local rate changes 6 may only be effective on the first day of a calendar 7 quarter. Failure to provide notice under paragraph 8 (1)(G) shall require the State and locality to hold 9 the remote seller or single or consolidated provider 10 harmless for collecting tax at the immediately pre- 11 ceding effective rate during the 30-day period. Each 12 State must provide updated rate information as part 13 of the software and services required by paragraph 14 (1)(D). 15 (c) SMALL SELLER EXCEPTION.—A State shall be 16 authorized to require a remote seller, or a single or con- 17 solidated provider acting on behalf of a remote seller, to 18 collect sales or use tax under this Act if the remote seller 19 has gross annual receipts in total remote sales in the 20 United States in the preceding calendar year exceeding 21 $500,000. For purposes of determining whether the 22 threshold in this subsection is met, the sales of all persons 23 related within the meaning of subsections (b) and (c) of 24 section 267 or section 707(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS 25 Code of 1986 shall be aggregated. •S 1832 IS VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:54 Nov 10, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:BILLSS1832.IS S1832
  • 6. 6 1 SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 2 The authority granted by this Act shall terminate on 3 the date that the highest court of competent jurisdiction 4 makes a final determination that the State no longer 5 meets the requirements of this Act, and the determination 6 of such court is no longer subject to appeal. 7 SEC. 5. LIMITATIONS. 8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act shall be con- 9 strued as— 10 (1) subjecting a seller or any other person to 11 franchise, income, occupation, or any other type of 12 taxes, other than sales and use taxes, 13 (2) affecting the application of such taxes, or 14 (3) enlarging or reducing State authority to im- 15 pose such taxes. 16 (b) NO EFFECT ON NEXUS.—No obligation imposed 17 by virtue of the authority granted by this Act shall be con- 18 sidered in determining whether a seller or any other per- 19 son has a nexus with any State for any tax purpose other 20 than sales and use taxes. 21 (c) LICENSING AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.— 22 Other than the limitation set forth in subsection (a), and 23 section 3, nothing in this Act shall be construed as permit- 24 ting or prohibiting a State from— tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS 25 (1) licensing or regulating any person, •S 1832 IS VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:54 Nov 10, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:BILLSS1832.IS S1832
  • 7. 7 1 (2) requiring any person to qualify to transact 2 intrastate business, 3 (3) subjecting any person to State taxes not re- 4 lated to the sale of goods or services, or 5 (4) exercising authority over matters of inter- 6 state commerce. 7 (d) NO NEW TAXES.—Nothing in this Act shall be 8 construed as encouraging a State to impose sales and use 9 taxes on any goods or services not subject to taxation prior 10 to the date of the enactment of this Act. 11 (e) INTRASTATE SALES.—The provisions of this Act 12 shall only apply to remote sales and shall not apply to 13 intrastate sales or intrastate sourcing rules. States grant- 14 ed authority under section 3(a) shall comply with the 15 intrastate provisions of the Streamlined Sales and Use 16 Tax Agreement. 17 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES. 18 In this Act: 19 (1) CONSOLIDATED PROVIDER.—The term 20 ‘‘consolidated provider’’ means any person certified 21 by a State who has the rights and responsibilities for 22 sales and use tax administration, collection, remit- 23 tance, and audits for transactions serviced or proc- 24 essed for the sale of goods or services made by re- tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS 25 mote sellers on an aggregated basis. •S 1832 IS VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:54 Nov 10, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:BILLSS1832.IS S1832
  • 8. 8 1 (2) LOCALITY; LOCAL.—The terms ‘‘locality’’ 2 and ‘‘local’’ refer to any political subdivision of a 3 State. 4 (3) MEMBER STATE.—The term ‘‘Member 5 State’’— 6 (A) means a Member State as that term is 7 used under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax 8 Agreement as in effect on the date of the enact- 9 ment of this Act, and 10 (B) does not include any associate member 11 under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax 12 Agreement. 13 (4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in- 14 dividual, trust, estate, fiduciary, partnership, cor- 15 poration, limited liability company, or other legal en- 16 tity, and a State or local government. 17 (5) REMOTE SALE.—The term ‘‘remote sale’’ 18 means a sale of goods or services attributed to a 19 State with respect to which a seller does not have 20 adequate physical presence to establish nexus under 21 Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, 504 U.S. 298 (1992). 22 (6) REMOTE SELLER.—The term ‘‘remote sell- 23 er’’ means a person that makes remote sales. 24 (7) SINGLE PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘single pro- tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS 25 vider’’ means any person certified by a State who •S 1832 IS VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:54 Nov 10, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:BILLSS1832.IS S1832
  • 9. 9 1 has the rights and responsibilities for sales and use 2 tax administration, collection, remittance, and audits 3 for transactions serviced or processed for the sale of 4 goods or services made by remote sellers. 5 (8) SOURCED.—For purposes of a State grant- 6 ed authority under section 3(b), the location to 7 which a remote sale is sourced refers to the location 8 where the item sold is received by the purchaser, 9 based on the location indicated by instructions for 10 delivery that the purchaser furnishes to the seller. 11 When no delivery location is specified, the remote 12 sale is sourced to the customer’s address that is ei- 13 ther known to the seller or, if not known, obtained 14 by the seller during the consummation of the trans- 15 action, including the address of the customer’s pay- 16 ment instrument if no other address is available. If 17 an address is unknown and a billing address cannot 18 be obtained, the remote sale is sourced to the ad- 19 dress of the seller from which the remote sale was 20 made. A State granted authority under section 3(a) 21 shall comply with the sourcing provisions of the 22 Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. 23 (9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 24 the several States, the District of Columbia, the tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS 25 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American •S 1832 IS VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:54 Nov 10, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:BILLSS1832.IS S1832
  • 10. 10 1 Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Com- 2 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and 3 any other territory or possession of the United 4 States. 5 (10) STREAMLINED SALES AND USE TAX 6 AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Streamlined Sales and 7 Use Tax Agreement’’ means the multi-State agree- 8 ment with that title adopted on November 12, 2002, 9 as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 10 and as further amended from time to time. 11 SEC. 7. SEVERABILITY. 12 If any provision of this Act or the application of such 13 provision to any person or circumstance is held to be un- 14 constitutional, the remainder of this Act and the applica- 15 tion of the provisions of such to any person or cir- 16 cumstance shall not be affected thereby. Æ tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with BILLS •S 1832 IS VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:54 Nov 10, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:BILLSS1832.IS S1832