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• Introduced by Rep. Pam Byrnes (D) on February 26, 2008, to exempt certain small newspapers from the 21.99 percent Michigan Business Tax surcharge imposed on businesses to avoid government spending reductions in the 2008 and subsequent state budgets. Also, to exempt the amount received by a newspaper to acquire advertising on behalf of another person.
  • Referred to the House Tax Policy Committee on February 26, 2008.
    • Reported in the House on June 4, 2008, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on September 25, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that does not include the MBT surcharge exemption for small newspapers. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on September 25, 2008.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Dave Hildenbrand (R) on September 25, 2008, to also exclude from the definition of gross receipts subject the Michigan Business Tax bottle deposits, liquor, sales, gas taxes, and other excise taxes collected from customers and remitted to the state. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on September 25, 2008.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Daniel Acciavatti (R) on September 25, 2008, to tie-bar the bill to House Bill 5627, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. HB 5627 would repeal the 21.99 percent Michigan Business Tax surcharge imposed on businesses in 2007 to avoid government government spending reductions. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on September 25, 2008.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Edward Gaffney (R) on September 25, 2008, to also exclude from the definition of gross receipts subject the Michigan Business Tax bottle deposits collected from customers and remitted to the state. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on September 25, 2008.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Phil Pavlov (R) on September 25, 2008, to also exclude from the definition of gross receipts subject the Michigan Business Tax sales or use taxes collected from customers and remitted to the stat. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on September 25, 2008.
• Passed 103 to 1 in the House on September 25, 2008, to exclude from a newspaper's gross receipts tax base in the Michigan Business Tax amounts received by the paper to acquire advertising on behalf of another person.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on November 5, 2008.
  • Referred to the Senate Finance Committee on November 5, 2008.
    • Reported in the Senate on December 2, 2008, with the recommendation that the bill pass.