{"id":1234,"date":"2006-10-12T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-12T15:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2006-10-12T15:19:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-12T15:19:00","slug":"should-consumers-benefit-from-telco-income-trusts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1234","title":{"rendered":"Should consumers benefit from telco income trusts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the CRTC&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crtc.gc.ca\/archive\/ENG\/Notices\/2006\/pt2006-5.htm\">Price Cap<\/a> hearings in Ottawa <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crtc.gc.ca\/eng\/process\/2006\/oct10.htm\">today<\/a>, Commissioner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crtc.gc.ca\/eng\/about\/langford.htm\">Stuart Langford<\/a> asked the TELUS expert witnesses if consumers should be beneficiaries of the reduction in taxes that result from the restructuring. Since taxes were a consideration in setting the initial rates entering the Price Cap regime, should a permanent reduction in taxes be reflected in a specific &#8216;productivity benefit&#8217; and result in reductions in prices for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Langford suggested that if tax rates were suddenly increased, telcos would apply for an exogenous rate increase.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:78%;\">Technorati Tags:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Bell\" rel=\"tag\">Bell<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/TELUS\" rel=\"tag\">TELUS<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Income+Trust\" rel=\"tag\">Income Trust<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/CRTC\" rel=\"tag\">CRTC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Stuart+Langford\" rel=\"tag\">Stuart Langford<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the CRTC&#8217;s Price Cap hearings in Ottawa today, Commissioner Stuart Langford asked the TELUS expert witnesses if consumers should be beneficiaries of the reduction in taxes that result from the restructuring. Since taxes were a consideration in setting the initial rates entering the Price Cap regime, should a permanent reduction in taxes be reflected &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1234\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Should consumers benefit from telco income trusts?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Should consumers benefit from telco income trusts? &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the CRTC&#039;s Price Cap hearings in Ottawa today, Commissioner Stuart Langford asked the TELUS expert witnesses if consumers should be beneficiaries of &#8226; October 12, 2006\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1234\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Should consumers benefit from telco income trusts? 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