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Senate committee reviews S.46 to clarify tax exemptions for forestry equipment
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Michael O'Grady, legislative counsel, briefed the Senate Transportation Committee on S.46 on Feb. 14, explaining that the bill would clarify which vehicles and equipment used in forestry operations are exempt from the state's purchase-and-use tax and from sales tax.
Michael O'Grady, legislative counsel, briefed the Senate Transportation Committee on S.46 on Feb. 14, explaining that the bill would clarify which vehicles and equipment used in forestry operations are exempt from the state's purchase-and-use tax and from sales tax.
O'Grady said the measure grew out of earlier efforts, beginning around 2016, to exempt certain forestry equipment from purchase-and-use and sales taxes and to resolve confusion at the Department of Motor Vehicles about which items qualify. "I'm gonna walk you through S.46," O'Grady said, noting past amendments and ongoing questions about whether wheeled equipment such as delimber trailers, tracked machines and…
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