Bill Text: IA HF302 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning the sales and use tax imposed on the operation of bingo games.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [HF302 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2011-HF302-Introduced.html
House File 302 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 302 BY LUKAN A BILL FOR An Act concerning the sales and use tax imposed on the 1 operation of bingo games. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2111HH (1) 84 aw/sc
H.F. 302 Section 1. Section 423.2, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code 1 2011, is amended to read as follows: 2 b. The tax imposed under this subsection covers the 3 total amount from the operation of games of skill, games of 4 chance, and raffles, and bingo games as defined in chapter 5 99B , card game tournaments conducted under section 99B.7B , 6 and musical devices, weighing machines, shooting galleries, 7 billiard and pool tables, bowling alleys, pinball machines, 8 slot-operated devices selling merchandise not subject to the 9 general sales taxes and on the total amount from devices or 10 systems where prizes are in any manner awarded to patrons and 11 upon the receipts from fees charged for participation in any 12 game or other form of amusement, and generally upon the sales 13 price from any source of amusement operated for profit, not 14 specified in this section , and upon the sales price from which 15 tax is not collected for tickets or admission, but tax shall 16 not be imposed upon any activity exempt from sales tax under 17 section 423.3, subsection 78 , or upon amounts received from 18 the operation of bingo games by a qualified organization in 19 accordance with section 99B.7 . Every person receiving any 20 sales price from the sources described in this section is 21 subject to all provisions of this subchapter relating to retail 22 sales tax and other provisions of this chapter as applicable. 23 EXPLANATION 24 This bill provides that bingo games conducted by qualified 25 organizations for certain charitable purposes are exempt from 26 the sales and use tax imposed on other bingo games. Current 27 law imposes the tax on the gross amount derived from the bingo 28 games. 29 -1- LSB 2111HH (1) 84 aw/sc 1/ 1
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