US: Idaho: Emergency legislation would remove little-known tax on free sips of wine at tastings
US: Idaho: Emergency legislation would remove little-known tax on free sips of wine at tastings
Feb 22, 2012 6
(Spokesman) - Roger Batt, lobbyist for the Idaho Grape Growers and Wine Producers, told the House Revenue & Taxation Committee today that Idaho wineries were surprised last August to receive a letter from the Idaho State Tax Commission, telling them go through their records going back three years, to see how much they'd given away in free product at wine-tastings, and pay sales and use tax on that amount. They were stunned, he said.
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