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House advances Senate Bill 3,001 to delay parts of streamlined sales tax; amendments added
Summary
Lawmakers considered Senate Bill 3,001, which delays selected provisions of Utah's adoption of the streamlined sales tax, restores prior definitions for items such as durable medical equipment and repair services, and adds two amendments: a $1.5 million restricted-account reduction and a study directive to the Revenue and Taxation interim committee.
The Utah House considered Senate Bill 3,001, a measure to delay specific provisions of the state's adoption of the streamlined sales tax and to restore prior point-of-sale definitions for several categories of tangible personal property. Sponsor Representative Harper told colleagues the changes are intended to prevent what he described as an inadvertent tax increase on items such as durable medical equipment, repairs and certain postage for print.
"We are not going to be taxing those," Representative Harper said, summarizing the bill's approach to reinstating previous definitions. Harper said the bill temporarily delays new streamlined definitions so the state can choose whether to adopt them later without imposing immediate new taxes on affected items.
The House adopted two…
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