Comcast, AT&T, NAB Praise Removal of DC Ad Sales Tax
A host of companies and associations -- including Comcast, AT&T, iHeartMedia and the Internet Association -- praised Washington, D.C.’s removal of a planned tax on the purchase of advertising. “This proposed tax would have created a substantial barrier for economic…
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recovery and job creation in the District,” said a joint statement Wednesday, which was also signed by Verizon, the News Media Alliance and NCTA. NAB also signed the statement and released its own last week (see 2007230064). The tax’s removal “provides a far better environment for the many large and small business and media entities struggling to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the joint release said.