Latest Wireless Tax Fairness Act Stories
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the bipartisan and pro-consumer advocacy group, MyWireless.org, announced they awarded Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon with the 2012 Wireless Consumer Hero Award for his commitment to wireless tax relief for American consumers and businesses. Senator Wyden is one of the original sponsors of the bipartisan 'Wireless Tax Fairness Act' (S. 543) and is working with his colleagues in the Senate to pass this legislation on behalf of...
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National wireless consumer coalition MyWireless.org® today lauded the leadership of Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and John Thune (R-SD), after the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing to consider the implications of tax reform, and how it relates to state and local tax and fiscal policy. Pro-consumer wireless tax bills S. 543, the 'Wireless...
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Americans complete the annual labor of filing their federal and state income tax returns and plan appropriately for the remainder of 2012, national advocacy organization MyWireless.org® reminds the United States Congress that it can provide consumers with much-needed and deserved relief from discriminatory state and local taxes & fees on wireless service, and also against multiple tax hits on digital purchases....
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Wireless Tax Fairness Act (H.R. 1002), which would place a five year moratorium on any new discriminatory taxes and fees imposed on wireless consumers' monthly bill, CTIA-The Wireless Association ® President and CEO Steve Largent issued this statement: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110630/MM28614LOGO-b) "On behalf of the 300 million wireless customers in the U.S., CTIA...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National wireless consumer coalition MyWireless.org® commends the U.S. House of Representatives for its unanimous approval of H.R. 1002, the bipartisan Lofgren-Franks 'Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011.' Passed by a voice vote and backed by 236 co-sponsors, this pro-consumer legislation calls for a 5-year moratorium on all new, discriminatory state and local wireless taxes and fees. (Logo: <font size="2"...
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National wireless consumer coalition MyWireless.org® today applauds the leadership of Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Trent Franks (R-AZ) and Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX), after the House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved H.R. 1002, the overwhelmingly bipartisan "Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011." The bill now heads to the House Floor for consideration. A Senate companion bill, S. 543, from original sponsor Sens. Ron Wyden...
WASHINGTON, March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National non-profit wireless consumer advocacy coalition MyWireless.org® today recognized the leadership of Chairman Howard Coble (R-NC) after the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on recently re-introduced H.R. 1002, the bipartisan 'Wireless Tax Fairness Act.' This important legislation now joins its Senate companion bill, S. 543, the bipartisan 'Wireless Tax Fairness Act,'...
WASHINGTON, March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With wireless consumers now paying on average more than 16% a month in taxes and fees on their cell phone bills, MyWireless.org® today applauded the introduction of bipartisan legislation that gives consumers a five-year break from new, discriminatory state and local wireless taxes and fees. The much-needed consumer relief legislation, entitled the 'Wireless Tax Fairness Act,' was re-introduced today in the U.S. Senate and in the U.S....
