House Lawmakers Introduce Wireless Tax Fairness Act
House lawmakers introduced the Wireless Tax Fairness Act Thursday. CTIA praised the legislation, which would ban states from imposing new taxes and fees on wireless. “It’s time to hit the pause button on any further discriminatory taxes,” said Rep. Zoe…
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Lofgren, D-Calif., who introduced the bill with Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz. “Exorbitant taxes on wireless customers are discriminatory, adding costly impediments to the success of so many American businesses and affecting low-income and senior Americans who frequently rely on wireless service as their sole means of telephone and internet access,” Franks said. Lofgren posted the text. “For too long, state and local governments discriminated against wireless services by imposing [tax] rates that are often double generally applicable sales taxes,” CTIA Vice President-Government Affairs Jot Carpenter said. “In today’s information-driven, mobile economy, that just doesn’t make sense.”