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<title>State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015</title>
<summary summary-id="id114hr622v36" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2015-04-23">
<action-date>2015-04-16</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House amended</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 6, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p><strong>State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the taxpayer election to deduct state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes. </p> <p>(Sec. 3) Prohibits the budgetary effects of this Act from being entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. </p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id114hr622v17" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2015-04-13">
<action-date>2015-04-06</action-date>
<action-desc>Reported to House amended</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the taxpayer election to deduct state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes. </p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id114hr622v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2015-02-18">
<action-date>2015-01-30</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the taxpayer election to deduct state and local general sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes. </p>]]></summary-text>
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