Media Bureau Denies Ask for No Local Tax Line Item on Suddenlink Bills
The FCC Media Bureau turned down a request to stop Suddenlink from identifying the Charleston, West Virginia, Municipal Business and Occupation Tax as a line item on subscriber bills. In a letter Tuesday to City Treasurer Vic Grigoraci, who brought…
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the request as a private citizen, the bureau said since Charleston isn't involved in rate regulation, Charleston arguments about the treatment of taxes as external costs for purpose of rate regulation aren't germane. It said the complaint didn't identify any FCC rule or statutory provision preventing Suddenlink from identifying the tax as a line item. Grigoraci said the decision, while disappointing, wasn't a surprise since he was told during the 2017 oral hearing that the cable industry has wide latitude on its billing format and informational content.