[Chapter-delegates] Taxing Internet services

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Telecommunications Revenue Assurance System is good for Tanzania Suzette Plantema

http://www.cio.co.ke/blog/telecommunications-revenue-assurance-system-is-good-for-tanzania

The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has announced recently that it will install a system to monitor earnings from all telecommunications products and services including airtime on local calls. The (TRA) is working with the Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) and the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) to implement the new system—the Telecommunications Revenue Assurance System (TRAS)—which will assist it to monitor the revenues generated by telecommunications companies including airtime sales earnings for local calls. It will also assist the TRA to collect revenue from the telecommunications sector efficiently and effectively.

More can be found on the CIO magazine website here: http://www.cio.co.ke/blog/telecommunications-revenue-assurance-system-is-good-for-tanzania<http://www.cio.co.ke/blog/telecommunications-revenue-assurance-system-is-good-for-tanzania>




On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Carlos Vera <cveraq at gmail.com> wrote:
‎We face another kind of problem.. in every project of law when discussion a new tax, government offers to use it in several practical and concrete need (to improve content industry. To make universal services. To provide more secure city, etc) but finally the income taxes goes to some place and you never see real results like proposed in the original project.. taxes finally are used to pay more bureaucracy, or whatever needs the gov have.  So the question here is how to ensure that the taxes you pay are used in the right way for the purpose they supposed to be collected.  Carlos Vera Enviado desde mi smartphone BlackBerry 10.   Mensaje original   De: John Levine Enviado: sábado, 12 de noviembre de 2016 05:15 Para: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org<mailto:chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> Asunto: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Taxing Internet services
As you may know, the Government of Canada is considering implementing a tax on Internet service to generate funding for the development of Canadian content in light of declining revenues in the traditional media sector. Two scenarios are under consideration: 1 A tax on online content providers, like content streaming sites (thus, the tax in Canada has been referred to as the ‘Netflix tax’). 2 A tax on Internet service, added to a subscriber’s Internet fees.
Canada has a long standing policy of taxing the media to fund Canadian content. People now get a lot of media from the Internet that they used to get from cable and satellite TV, hence the declining revenue in those sectors. The proposal re-evens the playing field. The numbers I've seen are like 2%, and if a 2% price rise would kill ISPs, they were going to die anyway. If you think that it's worth funding Canadian content at all, it should be funded fairly. If you don't, get rid of the tax on all media and don't give just one of them a free pass. R's, John _______________________________________________ As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society Chapter Portal (AMS): https://portal.isoc.org _______________________________________________ As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society Chapter Portal (AMS): https://portal.isoc.org


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