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http://www.atr.org/content/pdf/2005/dec/12...lecomTaxRes.pdf

A Resolution Requesting the Congressional

Delegation of the State of _______________

Support a Repeal of the Federal Excise Tax on

Telecommunications

WHEREAS, the federal excise tax on communications was enacted in 1898 for the

purpose of funding the Spanish-American War; and

WHEREAS, the tax was introduced as a ÔÇ£temporaryÔÇØ luxury tax; and

WHEREAS, telephone service is no longer a luxury, but rather a necessity for

consumers of all income levels; and

WHEREAS, the federal excise tax is regressive, as low-income Americans pay a higher

percentage of their income for telephone services than high-income Americans; and

WHEREAS, telecommunications services are the infrastructure upon which new

technologies including the Internet depend, and therefore the telecommunications excise

tax discourages expansion of both the telephone infrastructure and new technologies; and

WHEREAS, the federal excise tax on telecommunications flows into the general fund,

rather than being earmarked for a specific purpose; and

WHEREAS, both Houses of Congress passed a repeal of the federal excise tax on

telecommunications in 2000, which was vetoed by President William Jefferson Clinton;

be it therefore

RESOLVED, that the Legislature of the State of __________________ requests our

Congressional Delegation to support a repeal of the federal excise tax on

telecommunications.

If you have any questions about this sample resolution, please contact Tom Readmond or Aric

Nesbitt at Americans for Tax Reform at (202) 785-0266.

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Originally posted by Soback:

WHEREAS, both Houses of Congress passed a repeal of the federal excise tax on

telecommunications in 2000, which was vetoed by President William Jefferson Clinton;


[rant]

Oh yeah Clinton. The same person that signed the trade agreement with the Chinese and opened the flood gates. The only one that trade agreement benefited is the chinese. Todays ratio $36 billion imports to the U.S. $3 billion exports to the chinese.

[end rant]

I've discusse this tax thing some time ago. There's a lot of tax on telecommunications that should be taken off. Glad to see that this one is still trying to be pushed out.

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