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Council forwards city B&O model ordinance update to comply with state changes affecting digital and certain services
Summary
The council voted unanimously to forward an amendment to the city's business-and-occupation (B&O) model ordinance to a second reading to align local code with state changes that reclassify certain services and digital automated services as retail sales.
The Des Moines City Council unanimously forwarded to a second reading an ordinance updating the city's business-and-occupation (B&O) model ordinance to reflect recent changes at the state level affecting the tax treatment of certain services.
Assistant City Attorney Matthew Hudgins explained the state legislature revised how some service activities are classified for sales tax…
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