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Proposed sales‑tax expansion to services, nicotine rules and large prepayment draws mixed reaction
Summary
Senate Bill 5814 would extend retail sales tax to select services, expand nicotine taxation to pouches and synthetic nicotine, and require a one‑time sales‑tax prepayment by large monthly filers; retailers, hospitals and nonprofits warned of costs and administrative burdens while public‑health advocates supported nicotine parity and nonprofits asked for exemptions for cessation products.
Senate Bill 5814 would extend retail sales tax to a list of services, broaden the tobacco excise tax to nicotine products (including synthetic nicotine pouches), and require a one‑time prepayment of sales‑tax collections from large monthly filers, staff told the Ways & Means Committee.
Alia Kennedy, committee staff, outlined the scope: additional taxable services would include certain computer services (custom software, custom web design), some investigation and security services, temporary staffing, advertising and expanded categories of digital automated services. The tobacco provision would include…
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