The WalL
join:2004-08-14
Aurora, IL
| Read the Topic first....
Oh jeez....this is a bunch of sheep who have resonded based on the topic posted.
Yes, Govt of India wants to charge VOIP providers 12% + 6% fee for SELLING minutes to companies in INDIA that are USING those VOIP services.
Since when did charging sales tax becomg illegal anywhere? Heck, most states in the US charge sales tax to a company (even though its not based in that state) if someone in their state has an order shipped to them.
Now, in India, ISPs provide VOIP service and have to provide the govt details of every call made. Companies such as Skype are not registered. and do not furnish the list. They do not pay taxes to GoI for the revenue they are earning from Indian operations.
The govt is just now saying, 'hey we are losing money from sales taxes that we should have been paid'. It levels the playing field for ISPs as well. |
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Dr Demento
I Vant Blud
join:2002-01-02
Denville, NJ
| You got a good point with India. Even though it this is probably gonna deal a serious blow on how many people there will be able to afford having some technology to talk long distance over.
But as for Lebanon, like every other Arab country probably wants to ban because its Israeli based technology. I guess they would even go through the trouble to kill the potential of the wireless carriers there. Watch out, the Hagana might be listening.   |
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