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Committee advances bill to exempt student electronic devices from sales tax
Summary
Senators passed SB 244 to extend the existing textbook sales-tax exemption to include student electronic devices such as tablets and Chromebooks; DFA told the committee the $4.5 million revenue estimate is likely an upper bound because current accounting does not separate staff and student purchases.
The Revenue & Tax Committee advanced SB 244, which would add electronic instructional devices used by students (tablets, Chromebooks) to the sales-tax exemption currently available for textbooks. Senator Kim Hammer presented the bill, arguing the pandemic accelerated a long-term shift from textbooks to electronic devices and that tax policy should…
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