Senate Debate Due on Internet Tax Bill

A long-delayed federal Internet tax bill that would turn a temporary moratorium on taxes on Internet access into a permanent ban is scheduled for debate today on the floor of the Senate. The argument over the bill has been as heated as a chat-room brawl. Opponents contend that state coffers will be emptied as more areas of commerce - like telephone service - become Internet-based and fall within the ban. Supporters argue that the states want to tax every e-mail message, even every electron. The bill, they say, will not have the dire effects that opponents predict.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/06/technology/06net.html?th
(New York Times, November 6, 2003)

Posted by Tom on November 07, 2003