Hundreds of call centre jobs are at risk after mobile phone giant T-Mobile announced plans to move work to the Philippines. More than 500 workers who are employed by firm Telecom Service Centres (TSC) are affected by the decision. Around 300 staff out of 500 at a TSC...
IRS seeks repeal of work cell phone tax
Business Journal
Business Journal
Recovery Report Bills differ on grant eligibility for venture-capital owned companies SBA urged to do more to boost lending Recovery Report: SBA urged to do more to boost lending State closes deal to sell $50M in...
In a reversal, IRS wants to repeal widely ignored tax on personal cell phone calls
Newsday
Newsday
WASHINGTON - Company-issued cell phones might feel like a tether to the office even in workers' off-hours. The phones also are a taxable fringe benefit, and the Obama administration wants to change that. The...
Obama disconnects 'obsolete' cell phone tax
The Register
The Register
The US revenue service has made clear it is binning a controversial tax...
Obama backs repeal of tax on personal cell phones
Canada Dot Com
Canada Dot Com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday said it will back repealing a hard-to-enforce tax on personal use of work cell phones, appeasing the business community, phone makers and users. A 1989 law...
In a reversal, Obama administration wants widely ignored cell phone tax repealed
Newsday
Newsday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration asked Congress on Tuesday to repeal a widely ignored tax on the personal use of company cell phones after sparking an outcry last week when it sought ideas for enforcing...
IRS, Treasury want cell phone tax repealed
The Wichita Eagle
The Wichita Eagle
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration asked Congress on Tuesday to repeal a widely ignored tax on the personal use of company cell phones after sparking an outcry last week when it sought ideas for enforcing the law. The...
Phones ring for V jobs
The Press Democrat
The Press Democrat
Job-seekers have kept the switchboard at Davison Transport lit up since the announcement Wednesday, he said Friday. "I think that's a tremendous sign," he said. Davison owns the former Guide Corp. factory in which the...
Another MBTA driver probed for cell phone use
Boston Herald
Boston Herald
The MBTA is investigating another reported case of a T driver using a cell phone on the job, the incident coming just seven days after another bus driver was canned for gabbing on a cell phone while passengers sat on his...
Another MBTA bus driver fired over cell phone violations
Boston Herald
Boston Herald
The MBTA is firing a bus driver for violating the agency’s strict new cell phone ban and for lying to his supervisors when he was caught, according to a T spokesman. A local television crew caught the driver...


