Attorneys Argue Over Local Car Rental Tax in Ohio High Court

March 10, 2020, 9:16 PM UTC

Ohio high court justices on Tuesday were highly critical of a taxpayer lawsuit that challenged the right of a Lake Erie island village to impose a vehicle rental tax.

Ohio Supreme Court justices fired questions at lawyers for the plaintiffs, suggesting they didn’t believe the state law precludes local authorities from imposing such taxes. The oral arguments focused on a battle pitting the Islander Inn resort, and its owner, Mark Mathys, against the Lake Erie vacation-destination village of Put-In-Bay. The inn said the village was encroaching on powers to ...

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