The Utah Senate gave unanimous, preliminary approval to a $150 million tax cut on Tuesday, through a bill that lowers the state’s sales tax rate from 4.7 percent to 4.45 percent.
Sen. Wayne Harper, R-Taylorsville, said his bill, SB99, is meant to keep the past promises made by lawmakers that taxes would be cut once Utah was able to collect sales tax from online and remote sales.
The United States Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that states could require the collection of online sales taxes. Prior to that ruling, Utah law urged residents to voluntarily pay online sales taxes, but few Utahns did so.