118 CONGRESS1 S H.Res.268 - Expressing strong opposition to the imposition of digital servicestaxes by other countries that discriminate against United States companies.118th Congress (2023-2024) | Get alertsSponsor: Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4] (Introduced 03/30/2023)Committees: House - Ways and Means; Foreign AffairsLatest Action: House - 03/30/2023 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, fora period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within thejurisdiction of the committee concerned. (All Actions)Summary(0) Text(1) Actions(3) Titles(1) Amendments(0) Cosponsors(3) Committees(2) Related Bills(0)There is one version of the bill. Text available as: XML/HTML XML/HTML (new window) TXT PDF (229KB) Shown Here:Introduced in House (03/30/2023)H. RES. 268Expressing strong opposition to the imposition of digital services taxes by other countries thatdiscriminate against United States companies.IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESM 30, 2023Mr. E (for himself and Mr. K ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committeeon Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequentlydetermined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction ofthe committee concernedRESOLUTIONExpressing strong opposition to the imposition of digital services taxes by other countries thatdiscriminate against United States companies.Whereas a digital services tax (DST) is a tax levied by a government on a company that provides adigital service to a person or company of that country;Whereas companies that provide digital services need not be physically located in the countries wherethe people that use the company’s services reside;Whereas under international income tax and trade agreements, a country’s taxing rights overmultinational companies’ profits are based on a physical presence in such country, rather than themere sale or use of goods or services in such country;Whereas certain countries have developed DSTs that deviate from this international income tax systemthat are discriminatory to United States-based companies, and that threatens the success of UnitedIntroduced Agreed to in HouseListen-------------------------------------118