Letter to the editor-Modernising the telecom services business |15 October 2012

May I propose that the government considers changing the current license fee of a telecom business from 10% of the turnover to a fixed fee, which together with 15% GST (Vat) means that users are being taxed at 25% of the consumption of telecom services.

Another proposal would be to amend  the Business Tax Act to allow 100% depreciation for expenditures aimed at improving the quality of the last mile connectivity, especially in favour of fibre optic cables. The last mile is the connection that reaches the customers.

Paul Chow