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LEGISLATION UPDATE
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
IN 2019
Barring any curve balls – such as this year’s unanticipated tari s on imports – 2019 should be less volatile for the lighting industry from a legislative and regulatory perspective. BY LINDA LONGO
Before you breathe a sigh of relief over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair regarding sales tax fairness, just know that the topic may not be over. According to the
Tax Foundation, the ruling “gives li le to no guid- ance on whether a more aggressive law would be constitutional. States will inevitably pass harsher versions of the law, so the courts would soon be confronted with those cases, necessitating guid- ance on where the line is.”
In short, it’s complicated. First of all, the ve states that do not collect any sales tax – Alaska,
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