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MO HB756

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/29/2015

Primary Sponsor

Ronald Hicks

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Repeals seven existing sections and enacts four new sections creating the "Prepaid Wireless Telecommunications Business License Tax Sourcing Act" (sections 92.077 to 92.086)

  • Prohibits municipalities from imposing business license taxes on gross receipts from prepaid wireless telecommunications service after August 28, 2015, except as specified in the new act

  • Expands the definition of "telecommunications company" to include third-party retailers of wireless service and both facilities-based carriers and resellers

  • Establishes a hierarchy for determining which municipality may tax prepaid wireless service based on: end user's residence/principal place of operations, billing address, store location of sale, or proportional distribution by area code if location is unknown

  • Requires telecommunications companies to obtain and maintain customer information to determine the taxing municipality and protects companies from additional tax liability when relying on customer-provided information in good faith

Legislative Description

Changes provisions relating to municipal telecommunications business license taxes

Last Action

HCS Reported Do Pass (H)

5/5/2015

Committee Referrals

Select Committee on Utilities4/22/2015
Telecommunications2/24/2015

Full Bill Text

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