{"id":3896,"date":"2011-11-04T13:03:17","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T13:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2088"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:51","slug":"cell-phone-taxes-frozen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/cell-phone-taxes-frozen\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell Phone Taxes Frozen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Discarded-Mobiles.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2089\" title=\"Discarded Mobiles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Discarded-Mobiles.jpg\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2089 lazyload\" title=\"Discarded Mobiles\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Discarded-Mobiles.jpg\"><\/a>The House voted on Tuesday to freeze any new taxes from being imposed on cell phones or any other wireless services in the United States, including wireless broadband access.  The voice vote was an indication of the consensus that the rate of new taxes on wireless mobile services has been far outpacing the average sales tax on other items and is actually beginning to become a deterrent to the growth of wireless broadband technology in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>\u201cWe need to encourage the development and adoption of wireless broadband, not tax it out of existence,\u201d says Rep Zoe Lofgren, D-California, who sponsored the legislation to put a five year freeze on both state and federal taxes.  Lofgren went on to add that in many places, the taxation of wireless technology is close to and in some cases even more than the level of \u201csin taxes\u201d on items such as tobacco and alcohol.  Wireless customers are currently paying 16.3 percent in fees and taxes, according to her office, which is more than twice the average rate of 7.4 percent on other services and goods.  Taxes on wireless services have actually gone as high as 19.9 percent in Omaha, Nebraska, 20.4 percent in New York City, and 26.8 percent in Nebraska.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>\u201cThe exorbitant discriminatory taxes on wireless customers are not only unfair, they are counterintuitive, adding another costly impediment to the success of so many American businesses who are struggling in the wake of a prolonged economic recession,\u201d notes the bill\u2019s co-sponsor, Rep Trent Franks, R-Ariz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House voted on Tuesday to freeze any new taxes from being imposed on cell phones or any other wireless services in the United States, including wireless broadband access.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1821],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the 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