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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota exempts broadband fiber and conduit from sales and use tax starting July 2025
Last action · February 10, 2025: Introduction and first reading, referred to TaxesSponsor: Greg Davids
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota exempts fiber and conduit purchased or leased by broadband or Internet service providers from , effective for sales and purchases made after July 1, 2025.
Lowers equipment acquisition costs for telecommunications companies deploying broadband and Internet infrastructure across the state.
- Sales and use taxes in Minnesota apply to general retail sales of tangible personal property unless a specific statutory exemption is provided. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Broadband and Internet service providers
Their purchases and leases of fiber and conduit used for retail Internet services become exempt from sales and use tax.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 10, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Taxes
Version history
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Sources
www.revisor.mn.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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