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Senate advances broad sales and use tax overhaul, creating safe-harbor for remote sellers
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 22 advanced Substitute Senate Bill 172, a package that offers out‑of‑state sellers a voluntary single-rate safe harbor and creates a task force to study remote-sales collection; the bill passed to third reading after extended debate over nexus, revenue, and enforcement.
Substitute Senate Bill 172, a comprehensive sales and use tax package, passed the Utah Senate to the third-reading calendar on Feb. 22 after extended floor debate.
Sponsor Senator Hilliard said the measure is designed to simplify collection by out-of-state sellers and protect Utah’s sales-tax base. He described a voluntary single-rate option for remote vendors and a phased enforcement mechanism if federal or judicial rules change: “The task force's charge is to look at this whole process,” he said, urging the body to give the policy further study.
The bill would let out-of-state sellers voluntarily collect and remit a single…
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