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Show A-8 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 9-12, 2019 The Park Record Business The Park Record. JEWELER SHINES IN NEW MAIN STREET STORE, A-10 www.parkrecord.com A-8 DISAPPOINTMENT BREWS AFTER BILL FAILS, A-10 SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, MARCH 9-12, 2019 Editor: Carolyn Webber Alder business@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.15718 As tax bill stalls, businesses remain on edge WOMEN’S BUSINESS GROUP TO HOLD A WORKSHOP They worry a tax on services could cause a drop in customers The Park City Women’s Business Network is set to host an event on March 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Enlighten Wellness. According to the organization’s website, the theme for the event is collaboration. The business network hopes to connect women through its monthly meet-ups, which it calls tent talks. Kelley Wolf, a certified life and personal development coach, is set to speak. All women in the Park City community are invited to attend. The event is free for members of the organization and $10 for non-members. HEALTHY WORKPLACES TOPIC OF LUNCH EVENT The Park City Chamber/Bureau is set to host a lunch and learn about creating a healthy workplace on March 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Park City Hospital, according to a newsletter. Joshua Scott a professor in the Colorado School of Public Health, and Liliana Tenney Starr, Health Links co-founder and director, will speak during the workshop, titled Creating a Thriving (Healthier) Workplace. They are set to speak about ways to make a workplace environment that supports mental diversity and overall healthier and happier workers. Chamber/Bureau members are invited to attend the free event. Lunch will be provided. REGISTRATION OPEN FOR TOURISM CONFERENCE Early-bird registration is open for the Utah Tourism Conference from Sept. 17-19 at the Utah State University campus in Logan, according to the Utah Office of Tourism’s website. Early-bird registration is set to close on March 30. The conference will include workshops and keynote speakers related to tourism in the state. For more information, and to register, visit https://www.utahtourism. org/2019-utah-tourism-conference. CAROLYN WEBBER ALDER The Park Record In the last two weeks, a bill that sought to alter sales taxes for businesses and consumers in Utah surfaced, stirred up controversy and stalled. Businesses that would have been affected by the bill were left wondering what the next few months will bring. The proposed bill, H.B. 441, aimed to reduce the state’s sales tax rate while implementing a tax on services to broaden Utah’s shrinking tax base. Businesses that have previously been I’m disappointed by any sort of tax that would make the cost of a certain product or service more expensive and, therefore, make it not as accessible to people,” Craig Dell, Craig Dell Attorneys tax-free, such as travel agencies, law firms and hair salons, would have had to charge their customers a tax. Several Park City businesses were upset about the bill, which the Utah Legislature ultimately decided to abandon. With the backing of Gov. Gary Herbert, lawmakers on Thursday, however, said they plan to take up the tax overhaul again in the coming months, potentially in a special session. Craig Dell, an attorney who owns an estate planning business in Park City, was against the bill because he said the tax might dissuade people CAROLYN WEBBER ALDER/PARK RECORD Molly Miller, who owns a consulting firm in Park City, would have had to charge taxes on her services if a tax reform bill proposed in the Utah Legislature had passed. She is glad lawmakers chose to not pass the bill during the legislative session, but she worries the idea of taxing services will not be going away. from purchasing services they consider to be non-essential. “I’m disappointed by any sort of tax that would make the cost of a certain product or service more expensive and, therefore, make it not as accessible to people,” he said. He, like other Park City business owners, said he would rather absorb the cost of a sales tax on his services than increase the rates for his clients. Such a tax would impact his business, he said. He first heard rumblings of the widely anticipated tax reform bill a couple months ago, but said he did not think it would go anywhere. Now that legislators appear set on implementing a sales tax on services, he is concerned. But, he said, he is glad lawmakers chose to delay a decision so they could study the issue further. Herbert and lawmakers have been talking about lowering the tax rate and making more items taxable for the past year. Heber City Rep. Tim Quinn, whose district includes Park City, took on the issue and sponsored H.B. 441. Quinn and Herbert have said multiple times that Utah needs to address the sales tax because consumers are purchasing fewer products and more services. Quinn told the House during one meeting that the state’s general fund, which is funded by sales taxes, has been decreasing over time. When Herbert and Quinn announced during a press conference Thursday that they were scuttling the bill for the session, they said lawmakers hope to address tax reform in the summer. One of the biggest concerns lawmakers had about the bill was that it was introduced late in the session, which ends Thursday. 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