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House amends and passes sales‑and‑use tax changes to clarify food definitions and aid small vendors
Summary
House Bill 3,004, which clarifies definitions of prepared foods and removes an interim remote‑sales provision, passed as amended; sponsors said the bill equalizes taxation between restaurants and non‑restaurants and creates a reimbursement tier to help small vendors adapt to bifurcated food tax rates.
The Utah House amended and passed House Bill 3,004 on May 24. Representative Ben Ferry, sponsor of the measure, moved to delete recently inserted interim committee language dealing with remote sales collection because staff cross‑referencing uncovered extensive technical changes that he said should be handled in committee during the regular session. The amendment to remove the underlined language on remote sales was approved.
As amended, the bill makes technical corrections to definitions of bundled transactions, food…
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