Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Huntington City Council Votes to Repeal Occupation Tax

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- It now looks like a controversial tax in Huntington will never go into effect.

Monday night Huntington City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance to rescind the 1 percent occupation tax.

After the occupation tax was adopted in May of 2011, Steel of West Virginia and several other parties claimed the tax was unconstitutional and filed a lawsuit against the city.

Council will have a second reading of the ordinance at their next meeting.