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House Finance Committee reports bill letting revenue department require real-time tax software for delinquent sellers
Summary
The House Finance Committee voted 23-3 to report HB 2300, which would allow the Department of Revenue to require certain delinquent businesses to use authorized real-time sales and use tax remittance software; the state would cover the first year and businesses thereafter. Committee members raised concerns about costs and access for small or elderly proprietors.
The House Finance Committee voted to report House Bill 2300, sending the measure to the full House after a 23-3 roll-call vote. The bill would authorize the Department of Revenue to require certain businesses with significant delinquent sales tax liabilities to use an authorized real-time sales-and-use tax remittance service.
Shannon Snell, the committee's senior research analyst, told members the requirement would apply to taxpayers meeting one of two criteria: a delinquent sales-tax balance greater than $5,000 with a lien in place, or three consecutive unfiled returns. Snell said the department would cover software costs for the first year; after that, the taxpayer would be responsible but…
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