Communications Services Tax
Summary
Communications Services Tax; Revises legislative intent regarding local communications services tax rates; reduces tax on retail sale of communications services; removes provision that specifies where proceeds of communication services tax must be deposited & disbursed; revises local communications services tax rates levied by counties & municipalities; requires dealers to collect & remit local communications services taxes; requires Legislature to appropriate moneys to offset direct reductions of local communications services tax by certain counties & municipalities; requires DOR to submit report to Legislature.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Last action Mar 14, 2020
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
lower
Dec 3, 2019
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means Committee; Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jason Fischer
RRepublican
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