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Committee hears proposal to require software remittance for certain delinquent sales‑tax filers
Summary
The House Smart Finance Committee discussed House Bill 2300, which would allow the Department of Revenue to require certain delinquent sales‑tax filers to use a sales‑tax service provider. The Department described a pilot it says improved collections; members raised questions about scope, costs and cultural/technical impacts.
The House Smart Finance Committee on a scheduled voting day heard testimony on House Bill 2300, which would authorize the Department of Revenue to require certain delinquent sales‑tax filers to use a third‑party sales‑tax service provider to remit and file sales tax.
Deputy Secretary Lisonbee Morgan and Mark Morabito, the Department official who described the pilot, told the committee the proposal targets taxpayers with a secured delinquency of at least $5,000 or those with three consecutive nonfiled periods. Under the bill the taxpayer would be required to use a prequalified sales‑tax service for the later of 12 months or six months after the delinquency is cured; the Commonwealth would pay the vendor fee for the first 12 months, then the taxpayer would…
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