PRINTER'S NO. 2617
No. 318 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, CAWLEY, HORSEY, LESCOVITZ, MELIO,
SOLOBAY, TRICH, WASHINGTON AND C. WILLIAMS, OCTOBER 5, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, OCTOBER 5, 2001
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Directing the Joint State Government Commission to establish the
2 Internet Sales Tax Task Force to study the feasibility of a
3 tax system that would encompass sales tax revenue that is
4 lost due to online sales of goods and services.
5 WHEREAS, Citizens of this Commonwealth have a vital interest
6 in sales tax revenue that is lost over the Internet; and
7 WHEREAS, Some states and the National Governors Association
8 have researched the implementation of a tax system that includes
9 goods and services sold via the Internet; and
10 WHEREAS, There is a need for bipartisan and bicameral
11 research on sales tax collection for goods and services sold via
12 the Internet; therefore be it
13 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
14 direct the Joint State Government Commission to establish the
15 Internet Sales Tax Task Force of four members of the Senate and
16 four members of the House of Representatives to undertake a
17 study regarding lost sales tax revenue on goods and services
18 sold via the Internet; and be it further
19 RESOLVED, That the President pro tempore of the Senate and
1 the Minority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House
2 of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
3 Representatives each appoint two members to the Internet Sales
4 Tax Task Force; and be it further
5 RESOLVED, That the Internet Sales Tax Task Force be charged
6 with researching the feasibility and implementation of a sales
7 tax collection system that would include goods and services sold
8 via the Internet; and be it further
9 RESOLVED, That the Internet Sales Tax Task Force be
10 authorized to create an advisory committee to assist the task
11 force, composed of individuals the task force deems appropriate;
12 and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That the Internet Sales Tax Task Force present its
14 findings to the General Assembly.
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