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Taxation committee moves $438,771 appropriation for MRS pass-through entity setup and flags several bills for appropriations review
Summary
During its work session the committee voted unanimously to 'move in' reference number seven, a $438,771 one-time appropriation for the Bureau of Revenue Services to implement tax-administration changes for pass-through entity returns, and took straw votes to flag several bills (LD1099, LD1211, LD1313, LD506, LD1879) for the appropriations committee.
After a brief recess the joint committee resumed its work session and identified a missed item from the prior day: reference number seven, a FY26–27 initiative to provide $438,771 for the Bureau of Revenue Services to build and configure new functionality to support a pass-through entity tax account type.
Senator Vickford moved to 'move in' reference number seven and Representative Ser seconded. The committee recorded a unanimous voice vote among members present in favor of moving the item into the report back. The funding was described as necessary so that MRS can publish rules, implement a new return and configure vendor interfaces to receive and process the new tax type.
Committee members then used a series of recorded straw votes and member inputs to identify a short list of bills they want the appropriations committee to consider: LD1099 (remove sales tax on diapers), LD1211 (clarify rental-equipment sales/use tax definitions), LD1313 (sales-tax changes for commercial wood haulers), LD506 (narrow noncommercial personal property tax exemption), and LD1879 (corporate income tax change to support agriculture). For each bill members recorded who supported elevating it for appropriations consideration and noted that absent members would have until 10:00 a.m. the following day to register their positions with staff.
The chairs directed analysts to prepare a draft report-back for committee review by the next day; members were asked to send any narrative statements or clarifying language they want attributed to them by 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. Staff also noted one pending fiscal‑note item (1506) being worked by MRS and municipal services staff; the committee agreed to flag that item for follow-up despite an incomplete fiscal note.
What happens next: reference number seven will be recorded in report-back materials and forwarded to appropriations as an item the taxation committee moved in; staff will circulate the draft report-back and the list of bills the committee flagged for appropriations, and the committee will follow up on outstanding fiscal-note and budget‑breakdown requests.
