CenturyLink Takes Portland to Court Over New Landline Tax

摘要

CenturyLink hopes to block Portland, Ore., from changing how it taxes landline phones. The legal nchallenge focuses on the Portland City Council’s Nov. 28 approval of changes to City Utility License nLaw, which “substantially increase taxes” on local wireline phone serv ices of incumbent companies Cen-nturyLink and Frontier Communications , effective Dec. 28, according to CenturyLink’s court document nfiled at the Multnomah County Circuit Court in Por tland. Other telecom provide rs don’t pay these fees, nthe injunction request said, mentioning wireless companies as an example.