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Golf courses, ski areas and trucking groups ask legislature to fix sales‑tax lease rule after January change hit on‑site rentals
Summary
Golf course and ski area operators, and trucking groups, urged lawmakers to pass LD 1211 to correct unintended tax burdens created by last year’s move to "lease‑stream" taxation of leased tangible property.
Lobbyists and business owners from Maine’s golf, ski and trucking industries urged the Taxation Committee to pass LD 1211, a bill intended to correct unintended consequences from a 2024 law that shifted taxation of leased tangible property to a ‘‘lease‑stream’’ model.
Sen. Bruce Bickford presented the bill on behalf of sponsor Sen. Brad Farrin. Testimony centered on two fixes: clarifying the statutory definition of ‘‘automobile’’ so cargo vans and pickup trucks primarily used to carry goods are taxed at the lower commercial rate rather than the higher short‑term automobile rental rate; and excluding on‑site rentals of tangible personal property — golf carts, skis, bowling shoes, convention tables, etc. — from the lease‑stream tax so the lessor pays sales or use tax at purchase rather than the lessee paying each rental payment tax under the new rule.
Maine golf course owners…
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