Wash. legislature passed bill (HB-2031) that cuts taxes city govt...
Wash. legislature passed bill (HB-2031) that cuts taxes city govts. can levy on payphone providers. Bill sent to Gov. Gary Locke (D) limits local gross receipts taxes to 0.2%, same as for nonutility businesses such as retailers. Previously, cities…
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could assess at utility business rate of up to 6%. Lower tax cap applies only to payphone operators that aren’t affiliated with incumbent telco providing payphone access lines. Legislature passed another telecom bill that would raise cap on local E-911 taxes to 50 cents monthly per line from 25 cents and adds new 20-cent state E- 911 tax. Bill would extend E-911 tax collection liability to include wireless carriers. Measure sent to Locke (HB-2592) also would allow E-911 account to be used for funding and operating wireless E-911 statewide. Companion bill that also passed (HB-2595) would give wireless carriers representation on state E-911 Advisory Council and prohibit state from imposing E-911 wireless location requirements beyond those set by FCC.