BILL WOULD EASE SALES-TAX PAYMENTS FROM SMALL BUSINESSES

A York County state senator is giving a second try to pass a bill that she says would ease administrative burdens on small businesses that collect sales taxes.  Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill has re-introduced the measure that would allow small businesses with less than 12-hundred-dollars in sales tax liability to file their returns once a year.  Under current law, businesses must file returns quarterly or semiannually, which Phillips-Hill, a Republican, says puts an undue burden on start-up operations.  She introduced a similar bill last May but it was never taken up.