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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

Introduced: August 1, 2008 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Aug 1, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 1, 2008
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 August 1, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3679 Related bill State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3418: State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3418/
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"S. 3418: State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3418/.
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S. 3418, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3418/.
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