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Article: DISH Network and DIRECTV File Lawsuit in North Carolina, Claiming Sales Tax on Satellite TV Customers is Unconstitutional; Lawsuit, Similar to Ones in Ohio and Tennessee, Seeks to Abolish Tax That Favors Incumbent Cable Operators.
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- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- October 1, 2003
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RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- DIRECTV, Inc. and EchoStar Satellite Corporation and its DISH Network, the nation's largest providers of satellite TV services, have filed a lawsuit against North Carolina as part of a nationwide campaign to challenge unfair taxing policies that discriminate against satellite TV providers while benefiting local cable TV firms.
The lawsuit, filed against the state's Department of Revenue and other entities, challenges the constitutionality of North Carolina's taxing policies under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, which prohibits state taxes that discriminate against interstate commerce, or are not fairly ...