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Senate panel adopts amendment to expand sales-tax holiday language for electronics; final vote deferred
Summary
Sen. Garner won committee adoption of an amendment to Senate Bill 181 to broaden the sales-tax holiday language to cover certain electronic devices and to align definitions with the Streamlined Sales Tax Agreement; the amendment passed by voice vote but the committee deferred a final vote until revenue implications are clearer.
Senator Matthew Garner presented an amended version of Senate Bill 181 that would expand Arkansas's sales-tax exemption holiday to cover specified electronic devices used for education, and the Senate Revenue & Tax Committee adopted his amendment by voice vote. "We need to add the same kind of exemptions for the electronic devices as we do other school devices," Garner told the committee while explaining changes to definitions and a legislative-intent clause intended to ensure tablets and phones are included.
Garner said the amendment…
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