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House committee advances bill to limit disclosure in local sales-tax audits
Summary
The House Finance Committee advanced Senate Bill 46 to the Committee of the Whole after sponsors said the measure protects taxpayer confidentiality during local audits of online retailers who remit state but not local sales taxes.
Representative Chris Taggart, sponsor of Senate Bill 46, told the House Finance Committee that the measure narrows who may be notified or consulted when a municipality conducts a sales- and use-tax audit of an online retailer.
The bill responds to situations in which online retailers remit the state portion of sales tax but not the local or special-district portions, and municipalities hire auditors to determine whether the local share has been paid. Taggart said the bill would prevent an auditor hired by one municipality from contacting other local…
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