BOISE - Even as Democrats in both houses of the Idaho Legislature have pressed this year for re-examining and possibly repealing some of Idaho’s existing tax exemptions, the first new sales tax exemption to clear the House Revenue and Taxation Committee this morning came from a Democrat - Rep. Branden Durst, D-Boise.
Durst’s bill, HB 435, would grant a temporary, two-year sales tax exemption to non-profit homeless shelters in Idaho. Its estimated fiscal impact on the state is $15,000 a year; Will Rainford, vice president of the Interfaith Sanctuary homeless shelter in Boise said his shelter would save about $600 on purchases of “toilet paper, paper towels, oatmeal and whatnot,” enough to cover another 120 bed-nights at the shelter for homeless Idahoans. Christine Tiddens, a legislative intern for Catholic Charities of Idaho, told the Rev & Tax Committee, “Fewer homeless families will be turned away each night.”Read More
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