CC - Agendas - City Council - REGULAR - 8/14/2018

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9.E.a The committee deliberated the necessity of a resolution allowing League Staff to start discussions with homebuilding industry stakeholders to see if there are reforms they could support and what modifications the industry will seek. After discussion, the committee debated the verbiage of the resolution and voted, with three dissenting votes, to move it forward for consideration at the annual conference. Remote TPT Collection: Mayor Craig McFarland, City of Casa Grande, explained the intent of the policy issue submittal is to discuss moving forward with a legislative proposal allowing local governments to enforce existing sales and use tax laws on online sales from sellers who do not have a physical presence in the state. Ken Strobeck, League executive director, briefly provided the committee details on the League's legal analysis of the South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. Supreme Court case. Lee Grafstrom, League tax policy analyst, provided explanation on the events following the Court's decision and the research of the Arizona Department of Revenue regarding how other states are addressing this issue. He suggested the role of the League moving forward should be to encourage the state legislature to enact a proposal establishing an economic presence standard with thresholds to clearly define when remote sellers need to remit state and local transaction privilege taxes. After discussion, the committee voted unanimously to move the issue forward for consideration at the annual conference. The table below summarizes the BFED Committee's actions: Policy Issue Disposition by Committee 1 Impact Fees Resolution BFED 1 2 Remote TPT Collection Resolution BFED 2 3 Border Crossing Card Extension Resolution BFED 3 Daryl Seymore Mayor of Show Low Chair, Budget, Finance and Economic Development Attachment: 2018 League Conference Resolutions Packet (2125 : League Resolutions Voting) 10 Packet Pg. 146