According to the ISPA more details are soon to come on the very controversial topic of Fibre Tax, as the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is scheduled to release the refreshed, rethought, and revised guidance.
As a quick reminder, the subject is seen as tricky mainly because smaller ISPs fear that laying new fibre cable would be more expensive for them than for bigger players in the broadband industry as it taxes the rateable value of the basic infrastructure.
ISPA said in its most recent newsletter:
“Continuing work led by the Broadband Stakeholders Group and industry is looking at providing more evidence to the VOA and ensure the rating is still current.”
The ISPA then said that the new guidance should be released “shortly”.
The UK Government suggested it would revise the guidelines and some ISPs even went to meet up with a few officials to address the issue.
After that, the topic of fibre tax fell into the shadows with the industry concentrating on download speeds, broadband schemes among other issues.
Ed Vaizey, the Government’s Communications Minister, pledged to look at all the pros and cons and amend the fibre tax guidance accordingly.
