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Tax Credits to speed surfing |
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“Companies would get a 20 percent tax credit on investments made on
“current-generation” broadband — with speeds of at least 5 megabits per
second — in “unserved areas” and 10 percent for investment in
low-income and rural areas.
“Next-generation broadband” service — at least 100 megabits per
second — also gets a 20 percent credit for unserved, low-income and
rural areas. But further down in the bill sits a significantly expanded
definition of what sort of customers can be served by a company that
qualifies for the tax credit:
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A qualified subscriber, with respect to next generation
broadband services, means any nonresidential subscriber maintaining a
permanent place of business in a rural, underserved, or unserved area,
or any residential subscriber.” |
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