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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2019 - 2020
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | September 13, 2019 11:57 AM |
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| From: | Senator Michele Brooks |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Inclusion of Sales Tax in Advertised Prices |
| In the near future, I will be introducing legislation to allow businesses to include sales tax in their advertised prices. Under current law, when a business advertises the price of a product, the sales tax must be added on top of that advertised price. However, many businesses advertise products or special deals as a certain price “including tax,” such as “Two pizzas for $20, including tax,” which is technically in violation of the law. The businesses offering these “including tax” deals are usually small hometown businesses, such as pizza shops or car shops offering oil changes. Under the current law, they can end up owing thousands of dollars to the state Department of Revenue even though they have remitted the appropriate amount of sales tax to the Department. I hope you will join me in supporting this important piece of legislation. Please do not hesitate to contact my office with any questions. |