NY Tribunal Nixes Time Warner’s $6.7M Tax on Service Fees

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NY Tribunal Nixes Time Warner’s $6.7M Tax on Service Fees

May 22, 2025

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Eversheds Sutherland Partners Maria Todorova and Eric Tresh, along with Counsel Chelsea Marmor, are featured in this Law360 article about their significant victory for client Charter Communications before the New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal. The Tribunal held that the fee Charter Communications charged its VoIP customers to recover its federal universal service fund (FUSF) contributions is not subject to sales tax.

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