Satellite TV sales tax in Ohio

[CoolBreeze]

Anyone know why satellite and not Cable is taxed in Ohio? Is it because Cable has people employed in the state... with infrastructure etc? Hell.. I assumed that ALL goods and services had sales tax attached for the most part.


COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The National Governors Association is getting behind Ohio's effort to maintain a tax on the satellite television industry.

The industry is challenging the tax, which brings the state $44 million a year, in a lawsuit before the Ohio Supreme Court.

The governors association filed a friend of the court brief Monday in support of the state's position.

In the brief, the association said it is interested in the case because it "calls into question the ability of all 50 states to raise revenue."

The satellite TV industry is arguing that subjecting it and not cable competitors to the 5.5 percent sales tax violates interstate commerce rights. The state says the U.S. Supreme Court has consistently held that the Commerce Clause doesn't protect one interstate business from another.

[sportsvoice]

Anyone know why satellite and not Cable is taxed in Ohio? Is it because Cable has people employed in the state... with infrastructure etc? Hell.. I assumed that ALL goods and services had sales tax attached for the most part.


COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The National Governors Association is getting behind Ohio's effort to maintain a tax on the satellite television industry.

The industry is challenging the tax, which brings the state $44 million a year, in a lawsuit before the Ohio Supreme Court.

The governors association filed a friend of the court brief Monday in support of the state's position.

In the brief, the association said it is interested in the case because it "calls into question the ability of all 50 states to raise revenue."

The satellite TV industry is arguing that subjecting it and not cable competitors to the 5.5 percent sales tax violates interstate commerce rights. The state says the U.S. Supreme Court has consistently held that the Commerce Clause doesn't protect one interstate business from another.

The cable industry must have had better lobbyists or more money to grease the proper palms.

[sportsvoice]

Ohio likes to tax everything in sight...I believe there's also a surtax on my Sirius bill too.