HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2162        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2670

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

John H. Rogers

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to bundled cellular telephone transactions.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

1/15/2015

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

11/25/2019

Leonard Mirra

2nd Essex

11/25/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

11/25/2019

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

2/4/2015

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

11/25/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2162        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2670

By Mr. Rogers of Norwood, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2670) of John H. Rogers and others relative to the sales tax on bundled cellular telephone transactions.  Revenue.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2720 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to bundled cellular telephone transactions.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Section 6 of chapter 64H of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting the following new section:

            (x) Allowances afforded to a purchaser in a bundled cellular telephone transaction, so-called.  For the purposes of this subsection, allowances exempt from taxation shall be the difference between the amount the dealer charges for a particular telephone in a bundled transaction and the price the dealer would charge for that same telephone in an unbundled transaction.