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Groups who advocated for the IRS to prepare tax returns sure look foolish these days: http://t.co/oKvpIofu7Y
May 13, 2013 06:30 PM
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"We don't need the federal government mandating additional taxes..." -@MarshaBlackburn on MFA: http://t.co/lAuLJtr5t3 #NoNetTax
May 13, 2013 06:00 PM
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Health insurers and businesses are already feeling the iron-clad grip of regulations in #Obamacare: http://t.co/J6dfnKqFYZ
May 13, 2013 05:30 PM
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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell Signs Largest Tax Hike in Virginia History into Law http://t.co/Qd6KOFfaPv
May 13, 2013 03:46 PM
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Under #Obamacare, mothers have had a tougher time purchasing non-prescription, over-the-counter medicine: http://t.co/dJuaGAT9LE
May 13, 2013 02:01 PM
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9 out of 20 #Obamacare tax hikes have not even been implemented yet: http://t.co/opFkyf1guJ
May 13, 2013 01:30 PM
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.@GroverNorquist on MFA: "[The Senate] didn't ask all of the questions that needed to be asked": http://t.co/wXfkIR2Ca9 #NoNetTax
May 13, 2013 01:01 PM
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"When architects of #Obamacare are worried about it creating a trainwreck, you know something's gone terribly wrong": http://t.co/J6dfnKqFYZ
May 13, 2013 12:30 PM
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Conservative and Free Market Groups Applaud Move to Delay a Vote on Gina McCarthy: http://t.co/lNQYmJAB12 #EPA
May 13, 2013 12:02 PM
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The #Obamacare train wreck will derail the American economy: http://t.co/opFkyf1guJ
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Bill Halting Cell Phone Taxes Clears Subcommittee
A bill to prohibit already high cell phone taxes from going up even further has cleared its first Congressional hurdle today, passing out of a House Judiciary subcommittee. The Cell Tax Fairness Act places a mandatory five year break on all new, discriminatory state and local wireless taxes.
The move is certainly a welcome one. States have increasingly targeted cell phone service for revenue to cover overspending problems, mostly out of fear that broad based tax hikes anger voters. These taxes have spiraled out of control to the point where the average consumer pays 15% in taxes on wireless service. ATR’s Center for Fiscal Accountability has also calculated that after accounting for all telecom taxes, as well as other federal, state, and local taxes and fees, consumers across the country already spend 46.4% of their cell phone bill just paying for the cost of government.
Roughly 90% of Americans have cell phone service, yet high taxes on wireless service discourage further mobile usage by raising prices for consumers. Ideally tax rates on mobile services should be no higher than the tax on other goods and services. While the bill doesn’t force states to lower their rates, it does freeze them from going any higher. Hopefully the House and Senate will get around to passing the measure before next year’s state budget fights start up again.
Click here for a copy of ATR’s letter earlier this year in support of the bill.
