Resolve, To Require the Examination of Alternatives to the Service Provider Tax

Sec. 1. Examination of alternatives to the service provider tax. Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human Services in partnership with the Department of Administrative and Financial Services and other state agencies that the departments determine should be included shall examine the service provider tax imposed pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, chapter 358 and alternatives to that tax. The departments shall submit a report on their findings and recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation by March 1, 2020 describing the advantages and disadvantages of the service provider tax and alternatives that were examined. The committee may submit a bill related to the report to the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature.