Amendment #587 to H4000

An Amendment relative to equitable cell phone taxation

Representatives Cutler of Duxbury, Barrows of Mansfield, Cantwell of Marshfield, Calter of Kingston, Kuros of Uxbridge, Dooley of Norfolk, Walsh of Framingham, Provost of Somerville, Roy of Franklin and Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield move to amend the bill by adding the following section:

Section XXXX. Section 1 of chapter 64H of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “services.” in line 204 the following new sentence:--

In the case of the sale by a vendor of a mobile telecommunications device with mobile telecommunications services, the tax shall be imposed upon the price paid by the consumer at the point of sale of the mobile telecommunications device.