{"id":3978,"date":"2014-12-03T18:13:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=3978"},"modified":"2014-12-03T18:13:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T22:13:00","slug":"senate-committee-passes-main-street-fairness-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/12\/03\/senate-committee-passes-main-street-fairness-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Committee Passes Main Street Fairness Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"

This afternoon the Senate Economic Development Committee reported two bills, SB 658<\/a> and SB 659<\/a>, that would require that a sales tax be added on to purchases made by retailers who have a so-called \u201cnexus\u201d within the state. These bills are more commonly known as the Main Street Fairness legislation.<\/p>\n

The committee passed a substitute bill to include a seller who sells \u201ctangible personal property\u201d and includes new provisions that a seller is presumed to have a nexus if it uses its employees, agents, representatives, or independent contractors to promote sales to purchasers.<\/p>\n

It also tags a seller if it shares management, business systems, business practices, or employees with the seller, or in the case of an affiliated person, engages in \u201cIntercompany transactions\u201d with the seller to establish or maintain the seller\u2019s market.<\/p>\n

And a seller is presumed to have a nexus in the state if its total cumulative gross receipts from sales for storage, use or consumption to purchasers in this state exceed $50,000 during the immediately preceding 12 months.<\/p>\n

The League is supportive of this legislation that now heads to the full Senate for review.<\/p>\n

Samantha Harkins is the Director of State Affairs for the League handling municipal finance issues.\u00a0 She can be reached at sharkins@mml.org\u00a0or 517-908-0306.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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