S 3418
110th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
Cable television
Direct broadcast satellites
Government Operations and Politics
Internet
State taxation
Taxation
Television broadcasting
Television programs
Television relay systems
State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2008
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 1, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 1, 2008
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2008 - Prohibits any state from imposing a discriminatory tax on any means of providing multichannel video programming distribution services, including Internet protocol technology (or any successor protocol), direct broadcast satellite delivery, and cable television services.
Defines a tax as discriminatory if the net tax imposed on one means of providing multichannel video service is higher than the net tax rate imposed on another.
Applies this prohibition only to any tax imposed on or after January 1, 2008.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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