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H.R. 5252: Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act of 2014

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H.R. 5252: Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act of 2014

113th Congress · introduced 2014-07-29 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-07-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. 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

Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act of 2014

Plain summary

Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act of 2014 - Prohibits a state from requiring any person to collect from, or remit on behalf of, any other person any state or local fee, tax, or surcharge imposed on a purchaser or user with respect to the purchase or use of any product or service within a state, unless there is transactional nexus between the person from whom the state seeks to require such collection or remittance and the purchaser or user of such product or service. Defines "transactional nexus" as a direct monetary transaction between the person required to collect or remit the fee, tax, or surcharge and the purchaser or user upon whom the fee, tax, or surcharge is imposed.

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Official text

Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act of 2014

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] · 12 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Steve Cohen (D-TN), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr5252 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113