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Committee sends House Bill 263 to amendment order after testimony from animal rescues
Summary
Representative Charlie Shepherd asked the Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee to send House Bill 263 to the fourteenth order after testifying that recent Tax Commission guidance could require small nonprofit rescues to collect sales tax on adoption fees.
Bill purpose and sponsor remarks Representative Charlie Shepherd (District 7) introduced House Bill 263 to clarify that nonprofit animal rescues' rehoming/adoption fees are a service and not taxable sales of tangible personal property. Shepherd said the Tax Commission recently determined adoption fees are taxable and rescues are being asked to pay sales tax they had not previously collected.
Testimony from rescues and counsel Ken McClure, a volunteer who helped draft the bill, told the committee he attempted to resolve the issue at the Tax Commission but was unsuccessful; he said the legislation was drafted to protect small 501(c)(3) rescues that cannot afford litigation. "At…
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