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seretogis · 10-27-2003, 07:00 AM

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Internet Tax Ban Set To End This Week
Push On In Senate For Permanent Change

Posted: 7:20 a.m. EST October 26, 2003
Updated: 7:24 a.m. EST October 26, 2003

WASHINGTON -- A five-year ban on Internet taxes expires at the end of the week and there's a push in the Senate to make it permanent.

But some lawmakers are questioning whether it can be justified.

Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander says he supports the ban to help the Internet in its infancy. But he says it now should compete just like any other industry. Some opponents are also concerned that state and local governments would be deprived of money they badly need.

Supporters of making the ban on Internet taxes permanent say there's nothing to indicate state and local government coffers have been hurt. They stress the importance of Internet use to economic growth.

The measure has already been approved by the House.

Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Hopefully, this passes in the Senate and is signed by Dubya -- the last thing the US needs is another tax!

juanvaldes · 10-27-2003, 09:06 AM

I think the .com's would only be hurting a bit more if they lost the no tax advantage, so I hope it goes thoguh. But forever? that seems dumb...maybe another 5 years.

Redlemon · 10-27-2003, 09:15 AM

Sure, I like to get stuff cheap, but I don't see any reason that internet business should have this sort of advantage over bricks&mortar sites.

b1naryb0r1s · 10-27-2003, 11:57 AM

yea, they should extend the ban for at least a few more years. if the .com's have to pay taxes then you can look for some more companies to go down the tube.

The_Dude · 10-27-2003, 12:01 PM

hopefully this gets extended for a couple more years. gwb was all for helpin out businesses and adding a tax would definately not help them.

mute76 · 10-27-2003, 12:08 PM

This is fake. I believe it can be found on snopes.com

spived2 · 10-27-2003, 12:10 PM

I wonder how that's really supposed to work. What if your just selling something you make on your own website? Do you have to register your online store in order to sell things? Who do you register with? The government? Is the government in charge of the internet???

seretogis · 10-31-2003, 06:07 AM

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Originally posted by mute76
This is fake. I believe it can be found on snopes.com

Uhhh.. You are mistaken. Click the link.

It is very real.

oberon · 11-01-2003, 11:52 AM

Taxes on the internet are BS because the whole world is local to it. How do you decide jurisdiction for taxes when your seller is in another state, or even another country? Should the state of the seller get the sales tax or the state of the buyer?

10-27-2003, 09:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	Sure, I like to get stuff cheap, but I don't see any reason that internet business should have this sort of advantage over bricks&mortar sites. __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

10-27-2003, 12:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
The_Dude The GrandDaddy of them all! Location: Austin, TX	hopefully this gets extended for a couple more years. gwb was all for helpin out businesses and adding a tax would definately not help them. __________________ "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Darrel K Royal

10-27-2003, 12:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
mute76 Psycho Location: Anywhere but here	This is fake. I believe it can be found on snopes.com __________________ What the fuck is "wtf"?

10-27-2003, 12:10 PM	#7 (permalink)
spived2 Desert Rat Location: Arizona	I wonder how that's really supposed to work. What if your just selling something you make on your own website? Do you have to register your online store in order to sell things? Who do you register with? The government? Is the government in charge of the internet??? __________________ "This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V." - V

11-01-2003, 11:52 AM	#9 (permalink)
oberon Quadrature Amplitude Modulator Location: Denver	Taxes on the internet are BS because the whole world is local to it. How do you decide jurisdiction for taxes when your seller is in another state, or even another country? Should the state of the seller get the sales tax or the state of the buyer? __________________ "There are finer fish in the sea than have ever been caught." -- Irish proverb

10-27-2003, 09:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
juanvaldes Banned Location: shittown, CA	I think the .com's would only be hurting a bit more if they lost the no tax advantage, so I hope it goes thoguh. But forever? that seems dumb...maybe another 5 years.

10-27-2003, 11:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
b1naryb0r1s Crazy Location: Murfreesboro	yea, they should extend the ban for at least a few more years. if the .com's have to pay taxes then you can look for some more companies to go down the tube.