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Committee hears bill to clarify timing of sales tax on sporting-event tickets
Summary
Senate File 3228 would clarify that under the accrual method sales tax on tickets is due when the event occurs; sponsors say the change codifies existing industry practice and resolves a Department of Revenue timing question. The Taxes Committee laid the bill over after testimony from team finance officials and questions about fiscal-year timing.
Senate File 3228, a bill to clarify when sales tax is due for advance ticket sales under the accrual method, was considered April 24, 2025 by the Minnesota Senate Taxes Committee. Sponsor Senator Frentz presented the bill and Kate Chabliskey, chief financial officer of the Minnesota Vikings, testified for the teams. The committee laid the bill over.
The bill would specify that, for entities using the accrual method of accounting, sales tax on ticket sales is owed when the event that fixes the right to the revenue occurs — in other words, when the game or performance is…
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