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Court says Vonage must pay municipal telecom tax

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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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.”

U.S. Senate passes $838 billion stimulus bill; cuts broadband funding under CollinsNelson amendment to $7 billion

Dentons
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USA
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February 10 2009

On February 10, 2009, the U.S. Senate approved by a 61-38 vote a massive $838 Billion stimulus bill (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act)("ARRA") consisting of tax cuts, tax rebates and infrastructure and other spending to create jobs

Telephone excise tax refunds

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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USA
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May 3 2007

Tax exempt organizations that paid telephone excise tax are eligible for a refund, to be claimed on their 2006 IRS returns

Vonage tells court it should not be subject to Baltimore telecom tax

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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January 25 2008

In another tax-related case, Vonage Holdings, the nation’s largest independent provider of voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) services, told a Maryland district court that it should not be subject to telecom taxes imposed by the City of Baltimore, as the company neither owns nor leases facilities that qualify as telecommunications lines under Baltimore’s tax law

Virginia General Assembly extends Virginia tax on telecom companies to noncorporate entities on a retroactive basis

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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March 19 2009

Last year, in Virginia Cellular LLC v. Virginia Department of Taxation, the Virginia Supreme Court held that a regulation extending Virginia's minimum tax on telecommunications companies to partnerships and other pass-through entities was invalid

Senate bill offers tax credits for broadband investment

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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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

In the courts

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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May 24 2010

On May 13, 2010, the US District Court for the Southern District of California granted in part and denied in part Verizon Wireless's motion to dismiss a consumer's complaint challenging its practice of charging sales tax on the full retail price of telephones, rather than the actual price paid by the consumer

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

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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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

Proposed tax on calls sent to non-U.S. call centers

Foley & Lardner LLP
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USA
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June 2 2010

Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) is proposing legislation that, if passed, would impose a $0.25 tax on each of the roughly 1.6 billion U.S.-originated call center calls sent outside of the United States each year

California stateassessed property valuation work underway at State Board of Equalization

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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April 8 2010

The California State Board of Equalization ("SBE") is responsible for assessing property tax on property owned or used by telephone companies companies selling or transmitting gas or electricity and other specified companies operating in California

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Court says Vonage must pay municipal telecom tax

U.S. Senate passes $838 billion stimulus bill; cuts broadband funding under CollinsNelson amendment to $7 billion

Telephone excise tax refunds

Vonage tells court it should not be subject to Baltimore telecom tax

Virginia General Assembly extends Virginia tax on telecom companies to noncorporate entities on a retroactive basis

Senate bill offers tax credits for broadband investment

In the courts

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

Proposed tax on calls sent to non-U.S. call centers

California stateassessed property valuation work underway at State Board of Equalization

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