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Articles tagged with: Taxes and Sales Tax
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
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Arab cellular lines grew by 17% in the first nine months of 2009
..st 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 more
Uganda Rejects Call to Lower Mobile Phone Sales Tax
..s tax on mobile phones following concerns from the government that it needs the revenues the taxes generate. "I request Parliament to reject the proposal to scrap taxes on mobile phone because it will affect our revenue," Finance Minister, Ms more
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UK Phone Retailer Makes 80 Staff Redundant
..the assets were moved to a new company, the HMRC demanded a prepayment deposit of sales taxes to prevent a similar situation occurring again. It was this deposit demand that nearly closed the company for a second time. The UK trade magazine, M more
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Hutchison Warns Off Possible Indian Tax Liability in Sale to Vodafone
.. transaction was entirely handled within Mauritius, Vodafone has argued that no taxes are due in India. The Indian government disagrees, and legal action is ongoing in the Mumbai High Court. The Indian government's perspective is that t more
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Plans to Cut Florida's Phone Usage Taxes
Florida cell phone customers would get relief from some of the taxes on their monthly bills under legislation filed by Representative Kim Berfield and Senator Dave Aronberg. The legislation would lower the state communications services tax from 9.17% to 6%, the same rate as the state sales tax, over a three-year period. The reduction would cut state taxes on wireless, long distance, and business telecommunications services as well as cable and satellite television services. more
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New cell phone tax criticized in The Philippines
The Philippines Senate Majority Leader Loren Legarda has criticized two new taxes, which if implemented would result in higher bills for cellular phone users in the country. One proposal is for a US$0.01 charge to be added to the cost of each phone call made, and the second proposal is for a 10% tax which would be applied after the existing 10% sales tax had been calculated. The taxes raised are due to be set aside in a special fund to pay for computer equipment in schools. more
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Yugoslavia imposes cell phone tax
In Yugoslavia, the Serbian parliament has passed a resolution imposing new taxes on the ownership and usage of cellular phones. The new tax will be imposed at the rate of US$3 per month, with an additional sales tax of US$3 when a phone is sold. The government also imposed higher taxes on vehicles, boats and weapons." more
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