Monday, July 02, 2007

CONGRESS MOVING TOWARDS TAXING INTERNET

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DECLAN MCCULLAGH, CNET - The era of tax-free e-mail, Internet shopping
and broadband connections could end this fall, if recent proposals in
the U.S. Congress prove successful. State and local governments this
week resumed a push to lobby Congress for far-reaching changes on two
different fronts: gaining the ability to impose sales taxes on Net
shopping, and being able to levy new monthly taxes on DSL and other
connections. One senator is even predicting taxes on e-mail.

http://news.com.com/2102-1028_3-6186193.html?tag=st.util.print

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