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H.R. 3220: Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2003

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H.R. 3220: Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2003

108th Congress · introduced 2003-10-01 · Taxation · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2003-10-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2003

Plain summary

Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law concerning the taxation of interstate commerce to expand the scope of the protections prohibiting taxation by jurisdictions of the income of out-of-state corporations whose in-state presence is nominal from just tangible personal property to include intangible property and services. Requires an out-of-state company to have a physical presence in a State before the State can impose franchise taxes, business license taxes, and other business activity taxes.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2003

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] · 30 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Joe Wilson (R-SC), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Adam Smith (D-WA), Pete Sessions (R-TX)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr3220 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108