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House amends, then passes remote-sales tax bill after removing food-tax intent language
Summary
The House debated First Substitute Senate Bill 172 on taxing remote vendors and an amendment creating a 'remote sales restricted account'; members removed language directing revenues to offset a food tax and passed the amended bill (65–2), after questions about local impacts, distribution formulas and the restricted-account mechanics.
First Substitute Senate Bill 172, addressing sales and use taxation for remote vendors and Internet sales, was debated on Feb. 28. Representative Short described the measure as an interim approach: it permits voluntary vendor collection, sets a single statewide rate for remote transactions, distributes revenues to local governments on a population basis and includes a Senate amendment creating a "remote sales restricted account" using a base year to capture early revenues.
The House recorded…
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