Legal Opinion
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. Farris
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 9, 2008No. 07-5397, 07-5424PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
In 2005, Kentucky imposed a 1.3% tax on the gross revenues of telecommunications providers. Ky.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 136.616(1), (2)(b). In connection with the new tax, the legislature banned providers from “collect[ing] the tax directly” from consumers and from “separately stat[ing] the tax on the bill.” Id. § 136.616(3). The providers filed this lawsuit because they want to identify the new tax as a line item on all customer invoices to explain why they have raised prices, while the Commonwealth says that the new law prevents them from doing so.
No one disputes…
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