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> "Is Pennsylvania subjecting streaming services to a different level of taxation is their non-streaming competitors?" The first sentence of the article (empha
by unfletch 10y ago
> "Is Pennsylvania subjecting streaming services to a different level of taxation is their non-streaming competitors?"
The first sentence of the article (emphasis mine): "Pennsylvania has joined several states in enacting a tax on digital streaming and download services."
Unless you can think of a competitor that offers neither streams nor downloads, no, they're not.
- metaphorm 10y agothe relevant competitors would be cable television, subscription satellite TV services, and various forms of offline media distributing the same content (DVDs at Walmart for example).
- unfletch 10y agoI'm not sure how offline competition relates to the "net neutrality" topic in this thread, but any offline competitor necessarily has a physical presence in the state, so it would have been subject to tax for from the beginning.
- metaphorm 10y agoso not DVDs at Walmart then. what about satellite or cable TV?
- HuggableSquare 10y agoDVDs at Walmart would be covered by sales tax, as would satellite and cable TV, unless it's a basic subscription. From Pa. Code § 9.2. Sales and use tax changes: (2) Pay television. Pay television except for ‘‘minimum pay television’’ is taxable. This includes anything charged to a customer for a service other than minimum pay television service. For example, if a cable television customer purchases basic service and in addition purchases a ‘‘pay’’ channel, tax is owed on the price charged for the ‘‘pay’’ channel. Installation and repair service for pay television with the exception of minimum pay television also is subject to tax.