CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Revenue Committee advanced a comprehensive bill draft Tuesday that’s aimed at reorganizing the state’s sales and use tax laws.

The committee also discussed ongoing issues surrounding tax exemptions for data centers and reviewed proposals for stabilizing local government distributions.

Merging sales and use taxes

The committee approved the bill draft, “Sales and use tax reorganization,” which proposes merging the existing sales tax and use tax statutes, Chapters 15 and 16, respectively, into a unified chapter. The primary intent is administrative simplification and improved legislative efficiency.

“We knew it was going to be long,” said Bret Fanning, director of the Wyoming Department of Revenue, of the bill draft. “But then going forward, all

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