Senate passes Internet tax moratorium
 

Little good news out of the Gubment


WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Senate on Thursday night approved a seven-year extension of a moratorium on state and local taxes on Internet access.

The Senate voice vote came a little over a week after the House passed a bill calling for a four-year moratorium. The tax ban, first approved in 1998, is set to expire Nov. 1.

Attempts in both the House and Senate to make the ban permanent in recent weeks were unsuccessful despite strong support for the idea.

Sens. Tom Carper, D-Del., and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., in a joint statement called the agreement "a commonsense victory both for Internet users and for state and local governments."

The two chambers will have to reach a compromise on the length of the ban and other differences before the bill can be sent to the White House for President Bush's signature.


http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...x_N.htm?csp=34

very good to hear.

Great news. Keep the Internet tax-free.

Great news...but isn't it just typical of our governments to want to tax everything it can get it's hands on. Grrr

yay beer

oh wow, they really can do something right.