HR3650119th CongressWALLET

Federal Gift Shop Tax Act

Sponsored By: Representative Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

Introduced

Summary

States could tax gift shop sales on federal property. This bill would let any State impose a sales tax on qualifying purchases from gift shops on federal property, including in-person and online sales, and it defines "federal property" to include agency-owned buildings and lands and explicitly names the Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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Bill Overview

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State sales tax on federal gift shops

If enacted, states, territories, and localities could charge sales tax on gift shop buys made on federal property. You could owe it when you buy in the shop or when you order online through that gift shop. This would cover places like the Smithsonian, the National Gallery, the Kennedy Center, and the Holocaust Museum. The bill would not set a tax rate or collection rules. What you pay would depend on local sales tax rules.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

DC • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

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