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Senate debates pre‑allocating remote‑sales revenue, votes to trigger manufacturing exemption

Utah Senate · March 5, 2018
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Senators debated a first substitute that would trigger a manufacturing sales-tax exemption if remote‑sales revenues arrive, with sponsor prioritizing manufacturing competitiveness and opponents urging the Legislature to keep incoming remote‑sales tax revenue in a lockbox until allocations can be decided.

The Senate spent extended floor time on a first substitute to a tax bill that would expand a manufacturing sales‑tax exemption contingent on a future U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing states to collect remote sales taxes. Sponsor Senator Howard Stevenson argued Utah must position itself to be competitive for manufacturing: the substitute would trigger an…

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