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House rejects amended sales-tax measure after contested debate on statewide rate and local impacts
Summary
Representative Harper's proposal to impose a uniform statewide sales-tax rate (first substitute HB378), amended to create a transportation fund and preserve some local options, faced sustained questioning over distributional impacts, fiscal notes and voter-authorized local taxes. The amended measure failed on the floor.
A broad rewrite of Utah's sales-and-use tax system dominated debate on the House floor, with Representative Harper arguing HB378 would create a simpler, more equitable statewide sales-tax treatment for retailers and reduce differential treatment among in-state sellers.
Harper described the bill as an attempt to "treat everybody the same" and to bring "transparency and equity" to the sales-tax base. Representative Fisher successfully moved Amendment No. 1, which…
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