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H.R. 622, State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015 1 (February 19, 2015)

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                 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                            COST ESTIMATE

                                                               February 19, 2015


                                  H.R. 622
         State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on February 12, 2015


H.R. 622 would amend the Internal Revenue Code to permanently extend the provision
allowing taxpayers who itemize their tax deductions to elect to deduct state and local sales
taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes. That provision expired at the end of tax year
2014.

The staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimates that enacting H.R. 622 would
reduce revenues, thus increasing federal deficits, by about $42 billion over the 2015-2025
period.

The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 establishes budget-reporting and enforcement
procedures for legislation affecting direct spending and revenues. Enacting H.R. 622
would result in revenue losses in each year beginning in 2015. The estimated increases in
the deficit are shown in the following table.

JCT has determined that the bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates
as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Logan Timmerhoff. The estimate was approved
by David Weiner, Assistant Director for Tax Analysis.

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