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Committee advances bill to exempt nonprofit animal rescues from sales tax on adoption fees
Summary
The committee moved House Bill 263 to the fourteenth order for possible amendment after testimony from rescue groups and a tax volunteer. The bill would exempt qualifying 501(c)(3) animal rehoming organizations from sales tax on adoption fees; the draft does not currently include municipal shelters.
The Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee voted to send House Bill 263 to the fourteenth order for possible amendment after testimony from rescue organizations and a tax volunteer who helped craft the bill.
Representative Charlie Shepherd, District 7, told the committee recent Tax Commission guidance treats adoption fees as the sale of tangible personal property and that HB 263 is intended to carve out nonprofit rescues. "This bill is only for nonprofits, that are not profiting on animal sales," Shepherd said. He urged the committee to advance…
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