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Measure PC Pomona Telecommunications Utility Users Tax City of Pomona Majority Approval Required
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Results as of Nov 20 4:27pm, 100.00% of Precincts Reporting (33/33) |
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Shall an ordinance be adopted to ratify and continue Pomona's existing Utility Users Tax to fund general city services, including essential municipal services such as, police, fire, street repair, parks and libraries, provided that current exemptions remain, and the ordinance is updated to treat taxpayers equally regardless of telecommunication technology used?
Background:
Residents of Pomona have paid the UUT on charges for telephone services since In past years, the City of Pomona, like most cities with UUT ordinances, referenced Federal law in its UUT Ordinance to determine which telephone services were taxable and which were not. However, telephone technology has changed greatly since 1969. As a result, certain references to Federal law in the City’s UUT ordinance, as well as other terms and definitions in the ordinance, have become outdated and do not address modern technologies. Some cities have become the target of litigation by telephone service providers due to the reference to Federal law in their UUT ordinances. As a result of these cases other cities, like Pomona, could be the target of similar litigation. The purpose of this Measure is to keep the City of Pomona from potential litigation and for the City to preserve its existing UUT revenues. This Measure does not increase the UUT tax rate. The Measure: Measure PC would adopt an ordinance to remove outdated references to Federal law from the UUT ordinance. The Measure would replace older terms and definitions with modern language to address new technologies and treats all telephone customers the same for local tax purposes, whether they use traditional land-line service, cellular/wireless service, or cutting-edge services such as Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and text messaging. Measure PC maintains the tax rate for the UUT at the current rate of 9% for all telephone services regardless of the technology used. Measure PC requires approval by a majority of voters. A “yes” vote for Measure PC will approve the updates described above. A “no” vote against Measure PC will keep in place the City’s existing UUT Ordinance without the updates described above.
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