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Schumer Wants to Tax Businesses Using Overseas Call Centers

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Tuesday, June 01, 2010 at 11:40 am

To discourage businesses from outsourcing their operator services, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is proposing legislation to tax businesses that set up help lines overseas. The levy, under Schumer’s bill, would be a quarter-cent per call. Reuters reports:

Customers calling 800 numbers are often transferred overseas, and in such cases the bill would mandate that callers be told where their calls were rerouted.

Companies would also be required to certify to the Federal Trade Commission annually that they were complying with the requirement, and face penalties if they did not certify.

“This bill will not only serve to maintain call center jobs currently in the United States, but also provide a reason for companies that have already outsourced jobs to bring them back,” Schumer said in statement.

And that might be true, but don’t expect the investor class to jump on board. (And don’t expect Wall Street, which Schumer represents, to be pleased either.)

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