Doc Hastings: “I want to celebrate an enormously important change in the Federal income Tax Code that is a key part of the American…”

“I want to celebrate an enormously important change in the Federal income Tax Code that is a key part of the American Jobs Creation Act, a return to fairness for the residents of States that have no State income tax. The Federal 1986 Tax Reform Act eliminated the State sales tax deduction from the Federal income Tax Code, but maintained the State income tax deduction from one's Federal income tax responsibilities. Washington is a non-income tax State. Americans who live, work, and raise their families in Washington, in my view, have been treated unfairly since 1986. And Washington State is not alone. Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming all do not have statewide income taxes. Clearly these States are a minority in this House and, indeed, in this Congress. When it comes to trying to fix the Federal Tax Code's discrimination against non-income tax States, the congressional delegations from the affected States had and have been a distinct minority in this body. Mr. Speaker, today my colleagues and I from the affected States will have the first opportunity to correct this longstanding injustice by voting to pass the American Jobs Creation Act.”