Three U.S. senators have introduced a bill to permanently extend a ban on taxes unique to the Internet, such as access taxes. Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon, Republican John McCain of Arizona and Republican John Sununu of New Hampshire introduced the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act Thursday, the first day of business for the new U.S. Congress. The bill, in addition to permanently banning taxes on Internet access, would prohibit states from taxing online purchases if they don't also tax catalog or phone-based sales.
If Congress does not extend the ban, consumers could face significant increases in the cost of Internet service, Wyden said in a statement. "Why should a product that's not taxed on the street or taxed in a store be taxed on the Internet?" Wyden said. "It's unfair, anticompetitive and would greatly harm one of the booming sectors of our economy." Congress first passed a temporary ban on taxes that target the Internet in 1998, and has extended the ban twice. The current moratorium expires in November.
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If Congress does not extend the ban, consumers could face significant increases in the cost of Internet service, Wyden said in a statement. "Why should a product that's not taxed on the street or taxed in a store be taxed on the Internet?" Wyden said. "It's unfair, anticompetitive and would greatly harm one of the booming sectors of our economy." Congress first passed a temporary ban on taxes that target the Internet in 1998, and has extended the ban twice. The current moratorium expires in November.
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lolll !!! how about 150 years ago, how did they do ? Taxes is illegal by itself and is unconstitutional. I'm ok with the idea to pay only ONE income tax for my country which is really being spent for things like educational or health system. DO you know how much different taxes is existing for every services. They always come up with an excuses of money problem. Yeah right, the problem is the people who is managing it, spending most of it on their "priorities, giving their own private companies contracts to build most of infrastructure and project, and keeping the rest while their private companies revenue also raise. To make believe to the population that the money is lacking, there's an easy way to do it.
lolll !!! how about 150 years ago, how did they do ? Taxes is illegal by itself and is unconstitutional. I'm ok with the idea to pay only ONE income tax for my country which is really being spent for things like educational or health system. DO you know how much different taxes is existing for every services. They always come up with an excuses of money problem. Yeah right, the problem is the people who is managing it, spending most of it on their "priorities, giving their own private companies contracts to build most of infrastructure and project, and keeping the rest while their private companies revenue also raise. To make believe to the population that the money is lacking, there's an easy way to do it.
* = I am not aware of any exceptions.
Taxes are stupid, but it's true that we couldn't live without them LOL
I certainly don't mind taxes -they support the services most people need and in some cases need to be higher- but you can't tax a medium where anyone can be anywhere.
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