In this week's podcast, Tax Foundation Tax Counsel and Director of State Projects Joseph Henchman interviews San Diego attorney Edward Teyssier, who spearheaded the charge against the city for collecting a "processing fee" associated with the city's rental tax. In Weisblat v. City of San Diego, in which the Tax Foundation filed a friend-of-the-court brief, a California court ruled that the so-called "fee" was really an unconstitutional tax. Teyssier discusses the case, its impact on similar "fees" elsewhere in the state as well as the important distinction between taxes and fees.
For more, see Tax Foundation Fiscal Fact No. 160, "Charging Taxpayers for Tax Collection is a Tax: Weisblat v. City of San Diego" or see the Tax Foundation's amicus brief in the case.
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