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Senate committee probes HB 10 sales‑tax rewrite as retailers and nonprofits warn of fallout
Summary
Representative Wright's lengthy sales‑tax rewrite would make some temporary levies permanent, align state and local bases and remove many exemptions; retailers sought to retain vendor compensation, blood centers and co‑ops warned of nonprofit and rural ratepayer impacts, and car‑rental firms urged preserving the rental vehicle purchase exemption.
Representative Wright presented House Bill 10, a broad reorganization and partial permanency package for sales taxes, to the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee on Nov. 17. The bill would make aspects of the temporary sales tax permanent (notably a 0.4% base that had been 0.45%), reorganize the sales‑tax statutory structure, and remove or reinstate a long list of exemptions with the stated…
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