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The '''[[:media:8H10-Resolution_on_the_Federal_Deductibility_of_State_Taxes_and_Fees_Exposed.pdf|Resolution on the Federal Deductibility of State Taxes and Fees]]''' was adopted by ALEC's [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Tax_and_Fiscal_Policy_Task_Force Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force] at the Spring Task Force Summit on May 17, 2008, approved by the ALEC Board of Directors June 2008. (Accessed on 1/28/16). 

==ALEC Resolution Text==

WHEREAS, in light of the states trying to address the growing property tax crisis and other revenue demands on their treasuries; and

WHEREAS, many replacement revenue sources are currently non-deductible for taxpayers at the federal level; and

WHEREAS, this unjustly enriches the federal government at the expense of taxpayers in the states, due to the deductibility standards of the Internal Revenue Service; and

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the state of ______ urges Congress to declare that any new state or local taxes, or fees that replace currently deductible taxes or fees shall be declared deductible at the federal level; and

<strike>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution will be distributed to all Governors and members of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.</strike>


Adopted by the Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force at the Spring Task Force Summit, May 17, 2008. 

Approved by the ALEC Board of Directors June 2008.