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HOUSE
JOINT MEMORIAL 4008
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Passed
Legislature - 1993 Regular Session
State
of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993
Regular Session
By
Read
first time 02/05/93. Referred to Committee on Revenue.
Requesting a full deduction for sales taxes on federal tax returns.
TO THE HONORABLE BILL CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES, AND TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:
We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled,
respectfully represent and petition as follows:
WHEREAS, The federal tax reform act of 1986 put
additional financial stress on the taxpayers of the state of Washington by
phasing out the retail sales tax deduction; and
WHEREAS, Taxpayers in other states may deduct
major state taxes in determining federal income tax; and
WHEREAS, Congress could easily relieve this
situation by restoring the full deduction;
NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully
pray that the United States Congress amend the federal tax reform act of 1986
to restore the deduction of retail sales tax under the federal income tax.
BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be
immediately transmitted to the Honorable Bill Clinton, President of the United
States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and each member of Congress from the State of Washington.
