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ITAA Sides With Capitol Hill bill on Internet Tax Ban

David Hubler writes on FCW.com:

The Information Technology Association of America expressed support today for a bipartisan congressional proposal to codify the existing tax ban on Internet access and online sales.

Proposed by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and John Sununu (R-N.H.), the bill would make permanent the current Internet tax ban, which went into effect in 1998 and is set to expire Nov. 1.

The law prevents state and local governments from assessing taxes on Internet access, taxing transactions already taxed by another jurisdiction and levying discriminatory taxes that treat Internet purchases differently from other types of sales.

posted by Fergie @ 1/05/2007 11:47:00 AM