Archive for the ‘Taxes & Fees’ Category
CTIA Statement on the NTIA’s OSTW Group Report on Promoting Responsible Online Use
Today, I issued the following statement in response to the release of NTIA’s Online Safety and Technology Working Group Report which evaluated industry efforts and made recommendations to promote online safety for children. “With more than 630 devices, 240,000 apps and 286 million subscriber connections, CTIA and the wireless industry believe that providing and educating [...]
CTIA Statement on Taxpayer Assistance Act
Today, I released the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives passing the Taxpayer Assistance Act (H.R. 4994). The Act includes the IRS listed property bill (H.R. 690), which would mean individuals who have a business-provided mobile device are no longer required to record: (1) the amount of such expense or other item, (2) [...]
CTIA Statement on House Ways & Means Committee Mark-Up of Small Business Tax Legislation
This afternoon, House Ways & Means Committee members Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) sought to attach the MOBILE Cell Phone Act (H.R. 690) to small business tax legislation being marked-up by the Committee. H.R. 690, which enjoys bipartisan support from nearly 200 cosponsors, would repeal the arcane IRS listed property rule that requires personal [...]
Employee Device? Better Think Twice!
Employers across the world are equipping their workers with mobile devices. Based on a law established in 1989, employees are supposed to pay taxes on any personal phone call that is made using an employee-issued device. Find out what is being done to repeal this outdated tax code. To learn more watch this segment from [...]
CTIA Statement on Industry-Related Items in President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2011 Budget
Today, I issued the following statement in response to industry-related items in President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2011 budget: "While we are still reviewing the President’s proposed budget, there are a few industry-related items that we wanted to highlight. Specifically, we appreciate the President’s focus on removing cell phones from the IRS listed property rule and [...]
CTIA Statement on IRS Commissioner Shulman’s Comments on Listed Property
After media reports that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will not be updating the "listed property" rule for employer-provided cell phones, I issued the following statement: "CTIA appreciates Commissioner Shulman’s decision to suspend efforts to update the ‘listed property’ rule for employer-provided mobile devices. The existing rule is an anachronism and it can’t be [...]
The Wireless Industry Overview
As you may have noticed, we developed an informative, user-friendly The Wireless Industry Overview of the wireless industry last summer. This PowerPoint highlighted our positions on various issues as well as wireless facts and figures and a brief timeline on the history of wireless. With the arrival of 2010 and the speed in which our [...]
Insider Interview with Steve Largent, CTIA’s President and CEO
On this month’s WOW we caught up with CTIA’s President & CEO Steve Largent to chat about some of the industry’s 2009 policy highlights, and preview some of 2010′s major topics, including net neutrality, spectrum inventory, and wireless taxes & fees. To learn more watch this segment from our January installment of our Wonder of [...]
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