The House Judiciary Committee has approved a four-year extension on a ban on taxing Internet services, endorsing what would be a mixed blessing to cable, telephone and Internet service companies that want Congress to make the ban permanent. The current moratorium, which is nearly a decade old, will expire Nov. 1, 2007. DontTaxOurWeb.org, a coalition of companies and trade associations dedicated to keeping Internet access services free of all federal, state and local transaction taxes, wants the federal moratorium to be permanent.
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House Committee OKs Re-Upping Net Tax Ban
Posted by: Chris Maxcer October 11, 2007 02:23 PMThe House Judiciary Committee has approved a four-year extension on a ban on taxing Internet services, endorsing what would be a mixed blessing to cable, telephone and Internet service companies that want Congress to make the ban permanent. The current moratorium, which is nearly a decade old, will expire Nov. 1, 2007. DontTaxOurWeb.org, a coalition of companies and trade associations dedicated to keeping Internet access services free of all federal, state and local transaction taxes, wants the federal moratorium to be permanent.