On the first day of the 2020 legislative session, the Georgia Senate moved forward with a plan to compel online retailers and companies like Uber and Airbnb to collect state sales tax.
Given Gov. Brian Kemp’s mandated budget cuts, a stalled proposal to tax what are known as “marketplace facilitators” has picked up traction this year. The state Senate moved to push the proposal to a conference committee, which convenes when the House and Senate don’t agree on a bill’s language.
Republican state Sen. Chuck Hufstetler made the motion in the Senate.
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