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Idaho Sales Tax Reduction Initiative (2016)
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
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The Sales Tax Reduction Initiative was not put on the November 8, 2016, ballot in Idaho as an initiated state statute.
The measure would have reduced the state sales tax from 6 percent to 5 percent. It would also have changed the definition of "sale" to include sales of services, computer software, contracts and other specified goods.[1]
Text of measure
Short ballot title
The short ballot title was:[1]
| “ | An initiative reducing the state sales tax rate and broadening the sales tax base.[2] | ” |
Long ballot title
The long ballot title was:[1]
| “ | An initiative relating to taxation; reducing sales tax rate from six percent (6%) to five percent (5%); amending definition of "sale" to include sales of services, computer software and digital goods, and contracts for installing, improving or repairing tangible personal property and real property; removing exemption for labor or services related to property installation; removing many sales tax exemptions, including: interstate trucks, out-of-state contracts, research and development equipment, glider kit vehicles, beverage and food samples, funeral caskets, precious metal bullion, Idaho commemorative silver medallions, labor on new manufactured homes or modular buildings, telecommunications equipment, computer software and digital goods, INL research and development purchases, sales to or purchases by canal companies, centers for independent living, motor vehicle purchases by family members, sales by 4-H and FFA clubs at fairs, sales through vending machines, auto manufacturer rebates, senior citizen centers; applying sales tax to new categories of services, including: construction, transportation, information, repair, professional, business, personal, social, media measurement, and miscellaneous services, lottery tickets, pari-mutuel betting, and nonprofit shooting range fees; and removing property tax exemption on custom computer programs, rebates for retail developers making substantial transportation improvements, and rebates under small employer incentive act of 2005.[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the measure could be found here.
Path to the ballot
Supporters had to gather 47,623 valid signatures by April 30, 2016, to qualify the initiative for the ballot. Supporters did not collect enough signatures to qualify the initiative for the 2016 ballot.[3]
The number of signatures required is equal to 6 percent of the registered voters as of the last general election in each of at least 18 legislative districts. Since there was a general election in November 2014, the signature requirements for initiatives in 2016 were determined by 2014 results.
Recent news
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See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Idaho Secretary of State, "2016 PROPOSED BALLOT INITIATIVES," accessed November 23, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The Spokesman-Review, "Sweeping initiative to strengthen Idaho’s Sunshine Law appears to be falling short in bid to make Nov. ballot," June 30, 2016
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