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House taxes committee advances bill to exempt infant items from state sales tax, sends measure to Ways and Means
Summary
The Minnesota House Taxes Committee voted to send House File 18 to the Ways and Means Committee after debate over whether a sales-tax exemption for infant products or an expansion of the child tax credit better targets aid to families. A DE1 amendment that would have altered the bill was withdrawn during the hearing.
The Minnesota House Taxes Committee on Feb. 12 voted to advance House File 18, a bill to exempt certain infant care items from the state sales tax, sending the measure to the House Ways and Means Committee after discussion and the withdrawal of a proposed DE1 amendment.
Representative Daniel Engin, the bill sponsor, told the committee the proposal is “going to make Minnesota a better state to raise a family and to start a family or expand a family.” Engin said the bill would expand the list of tax-exempt infant items and estimated an overall revenue impact of about $10,000,000.
The debate centered on whether a blanket sales-tax exemption is the most effective way to help families. Chair Brett Gomez, who proposed a DE1 amendment and then withdrew it, argued that broad sales-tax exemptions are not income-targeted and can disproportionately benefit higher-income purchasers. Gomez pointed to Minnesota’s 2023 child tax credit, saying that…
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