Washington, D.C. – Today, the Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law voted to forward Rep. Zoe Lofgren’s Cell Tax Fairness Act to the full Judiciary Committee. The bipartisan bill would provide for a 5-year moratorium on any new discriminatory wireless tax or fee. A typical consumer already pays 15.2% in federal, state, and local taxes on their cell phone bill as compared to 7.1% for most other taxable goods and services.

September 15, 2010

 

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law voted to forward Rep. Zoe Lofgren’s Cell Tax Fairness Act to the full Judiciary Committee. The bipartisan bill would provide for a 5-year moratorium on any new discriminatory wireless tax or fee. A typical consumer already pays 15.2% in federal, state, and local taxes on their cell phone bill as compared to 7.1% for most other taxable goods and services. 

 

“My bill is a common sense, bipartisan measure that will help consumers and foster further innovation in mobile broadband,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren. “This does not take away any existing revenue for state or local governments, it simply calls for a moratorium on new discriminatory taxes. This legislation will ensure that consumers make choices about communications technology based on the merits and not on the taxes they’ll be charged.” 

 

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Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren is serving her eighth term in Congress representing most of the City of San Jose and Santa Clara County. She is the Chair of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. She also serves as Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. She Chairs the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections and serves on the House Homeland Security Committee. Congresswoman Lofgren is Chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation consisting of 34 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California.