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Senate panel keeps manufacturing sales-tax exemption permanent after rejecting reporting amendment
Summary
The Senate Revenue Committee voted 3–1 to remove the sunset on the manufacturing sales-and-use tax exemption in House Bill 11, after testimony from mining, manufacturing and economic-development representatives and a Department of Revenue briefing on past reporting limitations.
The Senate Revenue Committee on Thursday voted 3–1 to approve House Bill 11, which removes the sunset provision for Wyoming’s manufacturing sales-and-use tax exemption, making the exemption permanent.
Supporters told the committee the exemption helps Wyoming retain and attract manufacturing and mining-related investments. Jody Levin, representing the Trona industry, said, “The entire US soda ash market is in Sweetwater County in about a thousand, square miles,” and described manufacturing tied to trona processing as both concentrated and export-oriented.
The bill’s backers said the exemption affects a wide range of Wyoming manufacturers — from large trona and bentonite processors to smaller metal shops and bakeries. Travis Detai of the Wyoming Mining Association and other industry witnesses said the exemption keeps local operations competitive and supports capital investment…
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