Governments' landline duty could hurt small firms

Small businesses could be worst hit by the government's proposed landline duty, aft5er further details regarding the scheme were released by the Treasury.

The dubbed 'Broadband Tax' will charge homes and businesses 50p per line, which could mean that small firms with multiple lines could be charged more than larger corporations, with usually have fewer, high capacity connections.

The consultation paper entitled 'Implementing a Landline Duty', admitted that there would be a "imperfect relationship between the amount of duty paid and the size of business in terms of employees".

One bit of good news for businesses is that, where a single provider offers broadband and voice services through separate cables, the customer will not be charged twice.

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