New Landline Tax
A new 50p per month landline tax is to be imposed on every home and business in the UK with a phone line under new government plans to raise £1.5 billion to help fund the roll-out of Next Generation Access broadband to 90% of Britain by 2017.
Communications minister Lord Carter proposed the new tax initiative in his recent report titled Digital Britain, which can be found here. The Government have stated that this tax will not apply to mobile, satellite or other wireless communications.
The tax, amounting to £6 will be chargeable oneach local loop made available for use (whether or not actually used) and regardless of whether it consists of a copper pair, a co-axial cable or a fibre connection and will apply to voice, data, and broadband services.
The duty, which is expected to raise about £175 million a year, will be imposed on network owners who pass it on to retailers and subsequently recovered from end users.
Published 29/01/2010
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