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SUPCUS Rejects Cleveland's Appeal Of "Jock Tax" Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from the city of Cleveland over its formula for taxing visiting professional athletes who  work in the city. The justices let stand a lower court ruling that said the city's method based on the share of  games that are played violates players' due process rights. The Ohio Supreme Court earlier ruled the city must assess taxes based on players' Cleveland work as a share of their total number of working days per year, not just their games, as is common elsewhere.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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