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Articles tagged with: Tax
Arrests Made in German Mobile Phone Tax Fraud
..by German authorities this week who are investigating allegations of an organised mobile phone tax fraud. Frankfurt prosecutors said in a statement that they had arrested four people, and a further 23 are being questioned. The scam, is a Europ more
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French, Spanish Governments Sued Over Taxes on Telecoms Services
..ue from paid advertising on public TV channels. The Commission considers the 'telecoms taxes' in France and Spain to be incompatible with EU telecoms rules, which require specific charges on telecoms operators to be directly related to coverin 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
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Niger Plans to Raise Taxes on Mobile Phone Networks
The African country of Niger plans to impose new taxes on telecom networks to help fund record government spending, Reuters has reported, citing the military Junta spokesman, Mahaman Laoualy Dan Dah. more
Wireless Industry Supports Government's Opposition to an "iPod Tax"
..eless industry has confirmed its support of the Canadian Government's decision to oppose a new tax on MP3 players and smartphones as part of its copyright legislation. The proposal from opposition politicians is claimed by the government to add more
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UK Union Leader Calls for Tax on Text Messages
Bob Crow, the far-left leader of the UK's transport workers union has called for a tax on text messages of one penny per SMS sent to help reduce government debt. more
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Tajikistan Plans New Taxes on Mobile Phone Use
The Central Asian country of Tajikistan has proposed a 3 percent excise tax on mobile phone use. The bill was passed last week by the Parliamentary lower house, but still needs to be passed by the Upper House before heading to the president's desk for approval. more
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Mozambique Government Reverses on Telecoms Tax
The Mozambican government has back tracked on a proposed new tax on users of mobile phones, but said that an equivalent tax would be applied to the networks themselves. The Minister of Transport and Communications, Paulo Zucula, told reporters that the networks would be asked to pay 30 meticais (US$0.83) per contract subscriber and 5 meticais per PrePay subscriber. more
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France and Spain Ordered to Stop Using Telecoms Taxes to Subsidise TV Services
The European Commission has decided that imposing a tax on telecoms networks to subsidise the cost of public television services is incompatible with European law and has instructed France and Spain to abolish the charged. more
Related Tags: european-commission, court, television, France
Orascom Telecom Receives Another Tax Bill from Algeria
Egypt's Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) says that it has received another tax bill from the Algerian government - this time for US$230 million. The bill is a reassessment carried out by the Algerian Direction des Grandes Enterprises (tax Department for Large-Scale Companies) (DGE) in respect of the years 2008 and 2009. more
Related Tags: orascom-telecom-holding, djezzy, orascom-telecom-algeria, taxes, telecom, Algeria
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