Businesses Say State Misusing Revenue

Carney warned justices that a ruling in favor of the businesses threatens to “bring down the entire tax system.”

More than $150 million in state revenue per year is at stake in a pair of cases before the Ohio Supreme Court that question the legality of a government tax and a motor-vehicle fee.

The justices heard arguments yesterday in one case challenging Ohio’s Commercial Activity Tax and another taking aim at a recent increase in a Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ fee for certain driving records.  Read on at Columbus Dispatch...