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Articles tagged with: Sales Tax
France Telecom Quarterly Revenues Down on Regulatory Changes
France Telecom-Orange has reported that its first-quarter revenues dropped by 1.4% to EUR 11.23 billion (US$16.65 billion) as regulatory changes hit the company. The first quarter results are in line with the Group's guidance for 2011. more
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Report Calls for Lower Taxes on Cell Phone Services in the USA
The effective rate of taxation on cell phone services in the USA increased three times faster than the rate on other taxable goods and services between 2007 and 2010, according to a report from tax policy advisor Scott Mackey. more
Related Tags: tax, cell-phone, usa, USA
Premium SMS Used for Charity Donation with Tax Refund Incentive
UK based messaging agregator, mBlox has deployed a charity SMS campaign, which uniquely added a second layer to enable donors to offer a tax refund to the charity in addition to their initial donation. The campaign, on behalf of children's charity, NSPCC enabled a donation of £5 to be made via premium SMS. more
Related Tags: premium-sms, charity, vat, UK
T-Mobile UK Loses Tax Dispute Over Sales Tax on Payment Levy
T-Mobile UK - now part of Everything Everywhere - has lost a tax dispute with the UK government over the charging of a sales tax on a levy it added to monthly invoices if customers chose to pay by cash or cheque. The company charges an additional fee of £3 per month to customers who do not settle their bill by automatic Direct Debit transfer from their bank account. more
Related Tags: t-mobile-uk, vat, european-court-of-justice, court, UK
Tax Rate Hike on Indian Phones Leads to Lower Tax Revenues
A year after several Indian states raised the sales taxes (VAT) on sales of mobile phones, the governments have seen a drop in income as customers switch to smuggled handsets and the grey market. more
Orascom Telecom Profit Down a Third on Disposals and Costs
Orascom Telecom Holding has reported that its first-quarter revenues rose by 1.6% over the previous year to US$1.22 billion, but was down by 6.1% compared to Q4 09, mainly attributable to lower revenues of its Algerian subsidiary by 8%. more
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Arab cellular lines grew by 17% in the first nine months of 2009
Morocco has the highest average cost of prepaid and postpaid cellular minutes in the Arab World, according to a new report from Arab Advisors Group. Egypt offer the lowest average cellular minute costs for prepaid and postpaid. 12 of the 19 covered markets impose taxes on cellular services, these are: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen. Jordan boasts the highest sales tax rates on cellular services in the region followed by Tunisia and Morocco. more
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Operator News in Brief - 3rd Nov 2009
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Uganda Rejects Call to Lower Mobile Phone Sales Tax
Uganda's politicians have voted down a proposal to scrap a sales tax on mobile phones following concerns from the government that it needs the revenues the taxes generate. more
Related Tags: base, vat, taxes, africa, parliament, smuggling, Uganda
Indian Mobile Phone Retailers Protest at Higher Sales Taxes
A protest by mobile phone retailers over a rise in handset sales tax resulted in the closure of around 5,000 shops in the Indian state of Maharashtra yesterday. The state government recent raised the sales tax from the national average of 4% to 12.5%. more
Related Tags: maharashtra, vat, India
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