Drafter
Clerk 2/12/2007
Title
A MOTION thanking the Washington state congressional delegation for its successful efforts to obtain enactment of bill H.R. 6111, amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to continue the deduction of state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes for the 2006 and 2007 tax years to provide a fair federal income tax structure for the people of Washington, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming; and for introducing House bill H.R. 60 and Senate bill S. 143 in the current session of Congress to make permanent the deduction of state and local general sales taxes.
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WHEREAS, the federal tax reform act of 1986 unfairly penalized the taxpayers of King County and the state of Washington by eliminating the state and local retail sales tax deduction in the calculation of federal income taxes owed, and
WHEREAS, from 1986 until 2004 federal law allowed taxpayers in over forty states to deduct their state income tax from their federal tax return, but did not allow the deduction of state and local sales taxes for those residents of states without an income tax, including Washington, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming, and
WHEREAS, from 1986 to 2004 two families with the same salary and identical financial profiles were taxed differently under the federal tax code simply because they lived in states with different local tax structures, and
WHEREAS, almost one million working men and women living in King County paid disproportionately higher federal income taxes than similar families across America, because King County residents were not able to deduct Washington state and local sales taxes from their federal income tax returns, and
WHEREAS, through the efforts of the Washington state congressional delegation federal legislation was enacted allowing the deduction of state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes for the 2004 a...
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