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Senate places admissions sales-tax bill on third-reading calendar after debate over ski-lift exemption
Summary
Senators debated Senate Bill 191, which would clarify sales-tax treatment for admissions (movies, amusement parks, ski lifts, pools, golf, tennis), including contested amendments to delay or exempt ski-lift taxes; after debate and failed substitute motions the bill was placed on the third-reading calendar (17–10).
The Utah Senate considered a package of sales-tax changes in Senate Bill 191 intended to clarify which admissions and recreational fees are subject to sales tax. Sponsor Senator Haven Barlow said the measure is meant to resolve uncertainty in tax commission practice and is not intended as a new tax in the same sense as a recent special-session bill.
Barlow walked senators through examples the bill would clarify: movie admissions (projected at about $2,534,000), ski-lift admissions (projected about $1,631,000), amusement-park admissions and other activities such as skating…
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