House Lawmakers Push for Repeal of Contractor Tax This Year
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A House subcommittee will press for the repeal of a law requiring the government to withhold taxes from payments to contractors before year’s end, saying a bipartisan consensus has formed against a “bad idea.”
“This is unlikely to be stand-alone legislation,” said Representative Earl Blumenauer, an Oregon Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, in an interview today. “With this legislation being shovel ready, there will be vehicles and it can be dropped in any time. I’m optimistic that this will be done this year.”