Hamilton Davison, President and Executive Director of American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA) and co-founder of the True Simplification of Taxation (TruST) coalition, recently published an opinion piece in The Hill that urged the Senate to not rush to pass the Marketplace Fairness Act in the final days of Congress. Although the Senate passed the bill last May, the House has refused to take up the flawed legislation. Instead, Congressman Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has taken steps to find a meaningful alternative that would address the concerns with the Senate passed bill.

“…..the House has taken a more responsible and deliberate approach to addressing the thorny issue of remote retail sales taxation. Lead by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Goodlatte (R-Va.) the House is engaged in a wide-ranging deliberation over how to collect taxes remotely in a manner that keeps all retailers on a level playing field”, wrote Davison. “Rather than beginning the process with a preconceived concept of how remote taxation should work, House leaders sought a broad range of views on the issue and the challenges of allowing for remote taxation in a manner that provides much needed revenue to states without placing unique burdens on any types of retailers.”

However, Senate leadership has announced their intention to force the House to vote on the Marketplace Fairness Act by attaching it to a “must pass” bill in the waning days of Congress. In his op-ed, Davison urges the Senate to “resist the 11th-hour politicking of desperate MFA backers” and support “innovation, competition and consumer choice”.

To read Davison’s article, please visit The Hill.