Today, Florida Governor Rick Scott proposed providing Florida wireless consumers some much-needed tax relief. If passed as part of the Governor’s budget, wireless consumers would save approximately $470 million annually.
Florida residents currently pay the fourth highest (22.38 percent) in combined federal, state and local wireless taxes in the nation. If the legislature approves this plan, it would cut the cellphone and TV tax rate by 3.6 percent. This would take Florida out of the top ten worst offenders.
These tax cuts would be a huge step forward to eliminating excessive and discriminatory taxes on communications services that people depend on to stay connected. We’ll keep you posted on developments as this plan moves forward.
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