Article: Proposed entertainment tax dubbed illegal: attorney cites case law; lobbyists converge on City Hall. (Los Angeles, California)

Proposed entertainment tax dubbed illegal

Attorney cites case law; lobbyists converge on City Hall

An attorney for an entertainment industry coalition says a tax proposed by the Los Angeles City Council on such things as movie tickets and baseball games is unconstitutional, and she has the California case law to prove it.

But that hasn't stopped legislators in California and Nevada from introducing bills proposing similar statewide taxes, said attorney Lisa Specht, who is concerned that such a tariff in the country's entertainment capital could set loose a surge of these laws across the nation.

Specht, an attorney with the law firm ...

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