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Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 introduced into Senate
17 Nov '07
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The rapidly approaching holiday season is typically an important shoe shopping time of year for moms looking to outfit themselves and their children for holiday parties.
These shoe-shoppers are unwittingly paying as much as 40 percent at the cash register for the little-known, but very expensive shoe tax.
Yesterday, U.S. Senators Gordon Smith (R-OR), Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Pat Roberts (R-KS) formally introduced the bi-partisan Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 (S. 2372), to eliminate the import tariffs, collectively known as the shoe tax, on all lower- to moderately-priced footwear as well as all children's shoes, or about 60 percent of all shoes sold in the United States.
This common-sense tax relief legislation is a companion bill to the Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 (H.R. 3934), introduced into the U.S.
House of Representatives last month by U.S. Representatives Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Nancy Boyda (D-KS), along with more than 50 co-sponsors.
“The Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 is responsible tax relief for all Americans,” said Kevin M. Burke, president & CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA).
“Everyone who buys shoes – which is everyone – can help by going to EndTheShoeTax.org to learn more and tell Congress to stomp out the shoe tax.”
Today, with 99 percent of all footwear sold in America being imported, the shoe tax has not only out-lived its purpose but is also unavoidable.
These shoe-shoppers are unwittingly paying as much as 40 percent at the cash register for the little-known, but very expensive shoe tax.
Yesterday, U.S. Senators Gordon Smith (R-OR), Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Pat Roberts (R-KS) formally introduced the bi-partisan Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 (S. 2372), to eliminate the import tariffs, collectively known as the shoe tax, on all lower- to moderately-priced footwear as well as all children's shoes, or about 60 percent of all shoes sold in the United States.
This common-sense tax relief legislation is a companion bill to the Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 (H.R. 3934), introduced into the U.S.
House of Representatives last month by U.S. Representatives Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Nancy Boyda (D-KS), along with more than 50 co-sponsors.
“The Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 is responsible tax relief for all Americans,” said Kevin M. Burke, president & CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA).
“Everyone who buys shoes – which is everyone – can help by going to EndTheShoeTax.org to learn more and tell Congress to stomp out the shoe tax.”
Today, with 99 percent of all footwear sold in America being imported, the shoe tax has not only out-lived its purpose but is also unavoidable.
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