Search results

Order by most recent / most popular / relevance

Results: 1-10 of 11

Industry urges Congress to act on wireless tax bills

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
-
USA
-
April 20 2012

As millions of Americans put the finishing touches on federal tax returns that were due on Tuesday, executives of wireless association CTIA and six major wireless carriers wrote to leaders of the Senate Finance Committee to urge passage of separate bills that would impose a five-year moratorium on new state or local taxation of wireless services and establish a national framework for taxes applied to digital goods and services

Waxman urges House lawmakers to revisit spectrum-related provisions of tax relief bill

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
-
USA
-
January 27 2012

During a conference committee session, ranking House Energy & Commerce Committee member Henry Waxman (D-CA) urged his colleagues to “clean up” spectrum-related provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act (H.R. 3630) that prohibit the FCC from imposing eligibility restrictions on bidders for spectrum reclaimed through the incentive auction process

Senators voice concern with spectrum provisions of tax bill passed by House

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
-
USA
-
January 13 2012

In a letter delivered on Monday to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) joined Republican colleagues Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) in objecting to certain spectrum-related provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act (H.R. 3630) that are “overly prescriptive” and would unduly hinder the FCC’s spectrum management authority

House members approve wireless tax moratorium

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
-
USA
-
November 4 2011

By a voice vote on Tuesday, members of the House of Representatives approved legislation, sponsored by Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Trent Franks (R-AZ), that would impose a five-year moratorium on “discriminatory” taxes imposed on wireless telecommunications services by state and local governments. Boasting 236 co-sponsors, the Wireless Tax Fairness Act (HR-1002) resembles a companion bill (S-543), introduced last March by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME), that is currently pending before the Senate Finance Committee

Wireless tax bill approved by House Judiciary Committee

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
-
USA
-
July 22 2011

Legislation imposing a five-year moratorium on new state and local taxes that target wireless services was approved last Thursday by members of the House Judiciary Committee, who also endorsed amendments that would (1) provide an exemption for taxes approved by voters and (2) mandate a study of the bill’s impact on state and local governments

AT&T to pay nearly $1 billion to settle mobile data tax suit

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
-
USA
-
June 10 2011

A U.S. district court in Illinois has approved a class action settlement involving AT&T Mobility through which AT&T agreed to refund $956 million to customers who were improperly taxed for accessing the Internet through their mobile phones

House lawmaker seeks closure of tax loophole that facilitated Verizon-Fairpoint deal

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
-
USA
-
January 15 2010

Arguing that a tax loophole used by Verizon Communications in its 2007 sale of New England landlines to Fairpoint Communications saddled Fairpoint with enough debt to force Fairpoint into bankruptcy, Representative Paul Hodes (D-NH) introduced legislation that would repeal the Reverse Morris Trust provisions used by Verizon and other companies to avoid payment of capital gains taxes that stem from corporate mergers

CBO suggests elimination of telephone excise, USF taxes

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
-
USA
-
August 14 2009

A report compiled by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) suggests the elimination of telephone excise and universal service fund (USF) taxes

Senate bill offers tax credits for broadband investment

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
-
USA
-
July 17 2009

Private sector entities that invest in new or improved broadband infrastructure would receive tax credits under legislation introduced Tuesday by ranking Senate Commerce Committee member Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX

Court says Vonage must pay municipal telecom tax

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
-
USA
-
April 25 2008

Vonage Holdings is vowing to weigh its legal options in the wake of a federal district court ruling that allows the city of Baltimore, Maryland to collect taxes from the voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) provider in exchange for the “privilege of leasing, licensing, or selling a telecommunications line to any customer whose billing address is in the city.”