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Committee debate centers on SSUT lawsuit and local revenue impacts
Summary
Lawmakers debated the Simplified Sellers Use Tax (SSUT) lawsuit and argued that Department of Revenue treatment of online transactions is reducing local sales tax revenues and harming county school boards; several members urged compelling the department to share collection data and proposed legislative fixes.
A lengthy committee exchange focused on the Simplified Sellers Use Tax (SSUT) lawsuit and its local fiscal effects. An unnamed senator called the lawsuit "foolish in nature" and said it had been ordered to mediation; he argued that SSUT was intended to recapture revenue for jurisdictions that previously received nothing from remote sales. Another member countered that Department of…
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