H.R. 1393: Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-07 · Taxation · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-07 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 15, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 201 7 (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the wages or other remuneration earned by an employee who performs employment duties in more than one state from being subject to income tax in any state other than: (1) the state of the employee's residence, and (2) the state within which the employee is present and performing employment duties for more than 30 days during the calendar year in which the wages or other remuneration is earned. The bill exempts employers from state income tax withholding and information reporting requirements for employees not subject to income tax in the state under this bill. For the purposes of determining penalties related to an employer's state income tax withholding or reporting requirements, an employer may rely on an employee's annual determination of the time expected to be spent working in a state in the absence of fraud or collusion by such employee. For the purposes of this bill, the term "employee" excludes: professional athletes; professional entertainers; production employees who perform services in connection with certain film, television, or other commercial video productions; and public figures who are persons of prominence who perform services for wages or other remuneration on a per-event basis. (Sec. 3) The bill takes effect on January 1 of the second calendar year that begins after the enactment of this bill. The bill does not apply to any tax obligation that accrues before the effective date.

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Official text

Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8] · 57 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1393, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017 (2017-04-11)

Cosponsors on this site

Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Jason Smith (R-MO), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Pete Sessions (R-TX), James A. Himes (D-CT), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jacky Rosen (D-NV)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr1393.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1393 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115