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Bill aims to clarify sales and use tax rules for landscaping industry
Summary
House File 952 would standardize sales-tax treatment of detachable equipment and make most land-clearing services non-taxable to reduce administrative burden for landscaping businesses; sponsors and industry groups said the measure simplifies compliance and was laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus tax bill.
Representative Virgil Kosnick presented House File 952 to the House Taxes Committee, saying the bill "helps bring a bit of consistency to the way the landscaping or green industry is taxed." The two main provisions would (1) make purchases of detachable equipment taxable (removing situational complexity) and (2) make land clearing a nontaxable service where currently its taxability varies by circumstance.
Industry witnesses told the committee the current mix of taxable and nontaxable rules is costly and confusing for small and medium…
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