Utah Imposes Excise Tax for Certain Businesses

March 20, 2026, 8:42 PM UTC

The Utah Governor signed a law establishing a 2 percent excise tax on all amounts charged for access to digital images, digital audio-visual works, digital audio works, digital books, or gaming services, including the streaming of or subscription for access to digital images, digital audio-visual works, digital audio works, digital books, or gaming services by businesses required to perform age verification. The law takes effect Oct. 1. [S.B. 73, enacted 03/19/26]

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