Philippine SMS Tax Scrapped

A texters SMS revolt led by Consumer group TXTPower has forced the Philippine government to abandon plans to impose a tax on text messages, reports 160characters.org. As oil prices have risen steeply recently, the SMS tax proposal came as the government looks for alternative candidates to tax.

The Philippines has been considering Taxing text messages as of 2004 (related links).

emily | 7:58 AM | SMS and Politics |
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