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Utah House rejects bill to remove sales-tax exemption on newspaper sales
Summary
After extended floor debate, the Utah House voted 48–24 to defeat House Bill 80, which would have removed the sales-tax exemption on retail newspaper sales and subscriptions. Supporters argued for tax equity; opponents said it would harm fragile rural papers and risk free-press access.
Representative Zollman introduced House Bill 80, saying the measure would eliminate the sales-tax exemption on retail newspaper sales and subscriptions while preserving existing manufacturing exemptions and exemptions for free-distributed papers. "This is a tax on the retail end of a newspaper and newspaper subscriptions," Zollman said, adding that subscriptions account for a modest share of a paper's revenue and that the bill…
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