U.S. Judge: Kentucky Satellite Tax Fair.(DirecTV Inc. and EchoStar Communications LLC filed a suit aginst Mark Treesh)(excise tax on satellite-delivered video services )
Multichannel News, April, 2006 by Haugsted, Linda
By Linda Haugsted The issue of whether it's legal for a state to tax satellite-delivered video services was muddied last week, as a federal judge in Kentucky ruled that an excise tax there is fair and nondiscriminatory. U.S. District Court Judge Karen Caldwell of the Eastern District of Kentucky in Frankfurt was clear and final in her decision, dismissing a lawsuit filed by DirecTV Inc.
and EchoStar Communications LLC, which owns Dish Network, against Mark Treesh, the state's commissioner of the Department of Revenue. But Caldwell's decision differs from a federal judge's opinion in Ohio last October. The direct-broadcast satellite companies, which have filed challenges against state taxes in many jurisdictions, including Florida, North...
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