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Senate advances broad sales‑tax exemption expansion despite missing fiscal note
Summary
The Utah Senate passed a second‑substitute of Senate Bill 33, expanding a manufacturing sales‑tax exemption to additional ‘basic industries’ and phasing the change in over four years; senators advanced the measure under suspension of rules while the fiscal note remained incomplete.
The Utah State Senate on the morning calendar passed the second‑substitute of Senate Bill 33, a measure to expand an existing sales‑tax exemption for manufacturing inputs to additional sectors including mining, software publishing, computer system design, research and development, and life sciences. Senator Stevenson, who moved to uncircle the bill and presented the substitute, said the change was intended to complement the USTAR initiative and be phased in over four years to limit near‑term fiscal impact.
Why it matters: The expansion would remove sales tax on many business inputs used by…
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