Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa.,...
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., reintroduced the Wireless Tax Fairness Act Wednesday, which would place a five-year freeze on new state and local taxes on wireless goods and services. “There is no reason wireless tax rates should…
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be on par with vice taxes like tobacco and alcohol. It is time to protect wireless services from unfair and excessive taxes,” Wyden said in a joint news release with Toomey. “Rather [than] taking more money out of people’s pockets, we need to let the Internet economy thrive and create jobs without being subject to a tax that is not imposed on other products or services,” said Toomey. CTIA President Steve Largent hailed the bill’s reintroduction. “It’s unfair for local and state governments to balance their budgets by choosing to levy disproportionally high taxes on wireless users,” he said in a news release.