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Committee hears bill to update wireless equipment sales-tax exemption to cover internet access
Summary
A hearing on House Bill 1503 centered on clarifying Pennsylvania’s sales and use tax exemption for equipment used in wireless networks so it expressly covers Internet access; sponsor Representative Prokopiak and industry witness Scott Mackey said the change provides certainty for investment and would align Pennsylvania with neighboring states.
Representative Prokopiak introduced House Bill 1503, a proposal to clarify that Pennsylvania’s existing sales and use tax exemption for machinery and equipment used to provide mobile telephone service also covers equipment used to provide Internet access, saying the change would preserve competitiveness and support network investment.
“Pennsylvania needs to have that as well,” Representative Prokopiak told the committee, urging the legislature to modernize a tax code provision…
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