A better approach, Woodall said, is to cut the communications services tax by the same rate, but replace the lost revenue by plugging some of the more than 200 exemptions to a tax system that the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy called the second-most regressive in the nation.
January 21, 2015
Tampa Bay Times: Gov. Scott Proposes Cell Phone, TV Tax Cut
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