If a town , county , village is authorized to levy Personal Property taxes under their state law they can tax you.
AL Schneider -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Aaron D. Osgood Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:19 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Can a village levy a tax on my AP's? "Income" tax or "personal property" tax? Sent from my BlackBerry(r) smartphone with Nextel Direct Connect -----Original Message----- From: John Scrivner <j...@scrivner.com> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:09:15 To: WISPA General List<wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Can a village levy a tax on my AP's? I would suggest taking this up with your attorney. Scriv On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Kurt Fankhauser <k...@wavelinc.com> wrote: > I recently set up an AP on a nearby village's water tower and they are now > sending me income tax papers saying I need file with their village. Our > office is not in their village and I don't live in their village so I see no > reason for filing. The only thing that ties me to them is the lone AP on > their water tower. I am on 3 other city's water tower's in the same area and > none of them have said anything about filing with them. > > > > The contract between the village and I states nothing about taxes or > exchange of money for using the tower. > > > > 1 - Is income derived from clients residing in the village limits taxable as > income? > > 2 - What about income derived from clients residing outside the village > limits but running off the AP in the village limits? > > 3 - Even if so, why do the other ISP's that provide service to residents in > the village not have to file income tax to this village? > > 4 - By filing income within the village I would technically be paying tax on > income from all my towers generating revenue that have nothing to do with > their tower. > > > > As far as I know there is no ordinance regarding internet service within the > village in any way. > > > > Kurt Fankhauser > WAVELINC > P.O. Box 126 > Bucyrus, OH 44820 > 419-562-6405 > www.wavelinc.com > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/