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Bid to Tax Satellites Rejected

Posted by michael on from the tax-shelter dept.

Kierthos writes: "This article updates an earlier Slashdot story about the Los Angeles County Assessor's office trying to tax satellites in orbit around the Earth. Short version: no go, the satellites don't get taxed."

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  1. Space-related tax reform by zardor · · Score: 4, Informative

    There are/(were?) a number of space related tax reform bills currently before congress, i.e.
    1) Invest in space now (of 2001)
    2) Spaceport equality act (of 2001)
    3) Zero gravity, zero tax act (of 2001)
    4) Space tourism promotion act (of 2001)
    5) The commercial spacepartnership act (inactive)
    Read all about it here

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