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Entries from August 31st, 2010

Documents from latest campaign spending lawsuit

August 31st, 2010 · 14 Comments · Campaigns, Politics

The lawsuit filed on behalf of A-1 A-lectrian Inc. against the Campaign Spending Commission finally made it into the federal court’s online system. I’ve made the full complaint available here. In the lawsuit, A-1 says it should not have to register as a political committee in order to make campaign-related expenditures, should not be subject [...]

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Tax on retail newspaper sales questioned

August 31st, 2010 · 11 Comments · Media

A reader asks this interesting question: I’ve thought that newspapers at the retail store level were exempt from our excise tax because of federal statute that blocks certain sales taxes, i.e. “Newspapers and magazines are exempt from sales tax as are legal tender.” I don’t pay any excise tax when I buy a New York [...]

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