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H.R. 1393, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017 1 (April 10, 2017)

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                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                              COST   ESTIMATE

                                                                   April 10, 2017



                                  H.R.   1393
     Mobile   Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017

            As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary
                                on March 22, 2017


H.R. 1393 would establish consistent criteria for states to determine state taxation and
employer withholding for nonresidents who work in a state. CBO estimates that enacting
H.R. 1393 would have no direct effect on the federal budget. Enacting H.R. 1393 would
not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.

CBO  estimates that enacting H.R. 1393 would not increase net direct spending or
on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.

H.R. 1393 would impose an intergovernmental mandate as defined in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform  Act (UMRA)  by prohibiting a state from taxing the income of
employees who  work in the state for fewer than 31 days. (The prohibition would not apply
to the income of professional athletes, entertainers, some production employees, or public
figures.) UMRA includes in its definition of mandate costs any amounts that state
governments would be prohibited from raising in revenues as a result of the mandate.
Because most states that levy a personal income tax allow residents to take a credit for
income taxes that the residents pay to another state, the cost of the mandate would equal,
for all states collectively, the difference between the amount of revenue that they would
lose from nonresidents who work in the state for fewer than 31 days and the amount of
revenue they would gain from residents whose credits for payments to other states would
be lower under the bill.

Generally, states that have large employment centers close to a state border would lose the
most revenue; states from which employees tend to commute would gain revenue. For
example, Illinois, Massachusetts, California, and New York would face losses, with New
York probably losing the largest amount of revenue-between $55 million and
$120 million per year, according to state and industry estimates. In contrast, New Jersey
would probably gain revenue. Because states tax income at different rates and on different
tax bases, the changes in tax revenues nationwide would not net to zero.

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