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IN HB1050

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/5/2016

Primary Sponsor

Gregory Steuerwald

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Origin

House of Representatives

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes an annual sales tax holiday running from 12:01 a.m. on the second Friday of August through 11:59 p.m. on the immediately following Sunday, beginning in 2016 and continuing through 2017.

  • Exempts clothing items with a sales price not exceeding $100 from state gross retail tax during the holiday period, including apparel such as coats, shirts, pants, footwear, hats, gloves, undergarments, and uniforms.

  • Exempts school supplies, school art supplies, and school instructional materials with a sales price not exceeding $15 from state gross retail tax during the holiday, including items such as notebooks, pencils, calculators, paints, textbooks, and reference materials.

  • Applies exemptions only to items purchased for nonbusiness use in retail transactions.

  • Expires July 1, 2018, with the department authorized to adopt rules for implementation.

Legislative Description

Sales tax holiday. Provides a sales and use tax exemption each year beginning on the second Friday of August 2016 and August 2017 through the following Sundays (sales tax holiday) for the following items: (1) Clothing, if the sales price does not exceed $100. (2) A school supply, school art supply, or school instructional material, if the sales price does not exceed $15. Incorporates the definitions of these items as set forth in the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.

Last Action

Representative GiaQuinta added as coauthor

1/11/2016

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means1/5/2016

Full Bill Text

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