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Restaurant groups press repeal or penalty relief for advanced sales‑tax payment rules

5873025 · September 29, 2025
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Summary

The Massachusetts Restaurant Association asked the committee to support S.1992 to repeal advanced sales‑tax payment requirements and S.1993 to allow waiver of penalties and interest for businesses that unknowingly failed to remit advance payments under new DOR rules, citing large retroactive assessments and limited notice.

Jessica Moore, director of government affairs for the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, asked the Joint Committee on Revenue to support S.1992 (repeal of advanced sales‑tax payment requirements) and S.1993 (authority for DOR to waive penalties and interest for businesses who unknowingly did not begin the advanced payment process correctly).

Moore said…

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