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TheEnforcer · 12-22-2003, 10:29 AM

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States Have Chance to Tax Internet After Moratorium Expires

Monday, December 22, 2003
By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

WASHINGTON ? The World Wide Web (search) has been left vulnerable to new levies by states and local governments now free from an Internet tax moratorium (search) Congress failed to renew before adjourning for the year.

The ban on taxes that prevents state lawmakers from imposing a utility fee much like that imposed for phone or cable TV use expired Nov. 1.

The House passed a measure on Sept. 17 to make the ban permanent, but a companion bill sponsored in the Senate by Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and George Allen, R-Va., was stalled on procedural grounds before senators left for the winter recess earlier this month.
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12-22-2003, 10:29 AM
TheEnforcer Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 2,855	Internet taxation stil a possibility by the states! http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,106348,00.html States Have Chance to Tax Internet After Moratorium Expires Monday, December 22, 2003 By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos WASHINGTON ? The World Wide Web (search) has been left vulnerable to new levies by states and local governments now free from an Internet tax moratorium (search) Congress failed to renew before adjourning for the year. The ban on taxes that prevents state lawmakers from imposing a utility fee much like that imposed for phone or cable TV use expired Nov. 1. The House passed a measure on Sept. 17 to make the ban permanent, but a companion bill sponsored in the Senate by Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and George Allen, R-Va., was stalled on procedural grounds before senators left for the winter recess earlier this month. ----------------------------------- Click link for full article. __________________ Hit me up below for all your advertising needs!