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Delaware Senate Race- Chris Coons proposed 911 tax on cell phones
Posted By admin On 9. October 2010 @ 17:03 In Delaware Senate Race, chris coons | No Comments
“Coons also wants to increase from 60 cents to $1 the excise tax on land-line phone calls to the county emergency call center and impose a new $1 tax on cell phone calls. Cell phone calls now account for more than half of all calls directed to the emergency center. That could bring in as much as $3 million.” (Ron Williams, “There’s More Than One Tax Hike Proposed For NCCo,” The [Wilmington, DE] News Journal, 3/21/07)
“New Castle County Executive Chris Coons wants to put a new $1 monthly fee on cell phone users and an additional 40 cents a month on residential land lines to help finance the county’s 911 call centers. Because the way things work in the General Assembly, if state legislation passes allowing the new fees for New Castle County, it also would apply to Kent and Sussex counties. The state collects the money and distributes it. Kent and Sussex may not be asking for the fee — with its huge surplus, Sussex doesn’t even need it — but you know neither county or city is going to turn down free revenue. The fee, which is really a tax, would also apply to municipalities that have their own 911 centers including Wilmington, Newark, Dover and Rehoboth Beach.” (Ron Williams, Op-Ed, “Using Telephone Bills To Raise Tax Income Is Sneaky,” The [Wilmington, DE] News Journal, 4/15/07)
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