- The Senate is set to pass the Common Cents Act, with the House expected to largely follow, creating federal rules for retailers to round cash purchases up or down due to the penny shortage.
- The law is meant to standardize rounding in cash transactions as penny production has ceased, but it raises tax issues because sales tax on a cash purchase may differ from the tax effect on the same item bought electronically.
- The article notes possible constitutional concerns about Congress regulating purely in-state cash transactions, since such transactions are traditionally intrastate.
- Several states already have their own rounding rules, so retailers may face conflicting federal and state requirements in implementing cash-rounding practices.
Source: dlapiper.com
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