Sen. Wayne Harper (R)

SB 83 (Sales Tax Notification Amendments)

Libertas Institute opposes this bill.

This bill requires that companies who sell more than $500 worth of merchandise to a Utah customer provide the state with a statement of the customer's name, billing and shipping address, and the total dollar amount of the sales. This essentially turns out-of-state companies into tattle-tales.

Libertas Institute opposes this bill. The state of Utah has no constitutional authority to deputize companies in this fashion that are not subject to Utah law, given that they have no presence within the state.