The Wireless Tax Fairness Act (HR-2309, S-1235) “would...
The Wireless Tax Fairness Act (HR-2309, S-1235) “would freeze government’s ability to squeeze extra dollars out of middle-class families through outrageous wireless taxes,” said Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity Senior Vice President Erik Telford Monday. In a U.S.…
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News & World Report op-ed (http://bit.ly/1gnpiBT), he said wireless taxation at the state and local level has become an “over-milked cash cow for short-sighted legislators.” The bill would stop state and local governments from charging wireless service taxes for five years. CTIA has been a major supporter of the act, while state and local advocates have defended municipalities’ ability to impose the taxes. Lawmakers reintroduced the proposed legislation in the House and Senate this summer.