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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. Beaurtrek! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    These are the levies of the tax office Los Angelas, it's five year mission to seek out and tax new revenue sources, to boldly tax where no-one has taxed before!

  2. No but... by Hard_Code · · Score: 5, Funny

    "no go, the satellites don't get taxed"

    ...but they do get their own DVD zone. Can't have astronauts "pirating" DVDs (would that make them Space Pirates?).

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