Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2019 2019-03-13 Introduced in House Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2019

This bill prohibits a state or local jurisdiction from imposing (1) multiple taxes on the sale of a covered electronic good or service, or (2) discriminatory taxes on the sale or use of a digital good or service.

A "digital good or service" is delivered or transferred electronically to a customer. A "covered electronic good or service" is a digital good, digital service, audio or video programming service, or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service.

The bill also

  • specifies services that are excluded from the definition of "digital service;"
  • restricts taxation of a covered electronic good or service to taxation by a state or local jurisdiction whose territorial limits encompass a customer tax address, as defined by this bill;
  • makes the seller of covered electronic goods or services responsible for obtaining and maintaining such address; and
  • specifies rules regarding the taxation of bundled transactions, digital code, and VoIP services.
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