Recent reforms enacted by the Texas Legislature will...
Recent reforms enacted by the Texas Legislature will save consumers millions of dollars in “unnecessary taxes,” said the Texas Cable Association on Tuesday. It’s been quick relief for Texans who have been paying the “antiquated phone tax that has changed…
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little since it was created in the 1990s,” which mainly subsidizes basic landline telephone service, TCA said. New technologies like VoIP and wireless have changed the way Texans communicate, and living in rural parts of the state “no longer means total dependence on landline technology,” the association said. TCA praised efforts by the Public Utility Commission to cut the Texas Universal Service Fund assessment rate, and said it would “continue to fight for tax reform and transparency” for the state’s phone customers.