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Senate advances bill to reduce sales tax burden on manufactured homes, citing fairness to buyers
Summary
Senate Bill 51 would reduce sales tax on factory‑built/manufactured homes (45% reduction on initial sale and elimination on subsequent sales) to align their treatment more closely with site-built homes; sponsors argued fairness for first‑time buyers and low‑income owners while opponents cited revenue and level‑playing‑field concerns.
Senate Bill 51, addressing the sales tax treatment of manufactured (factory‑built or mobile) homes, produced a lengthy floor exchange over fairness, fiscal impact and market consequences.
Sponsor Senator Tempest explained that the bill would eliminate 45 percent of the sales tax on the initial sale of…
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