In a nutshell, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would
permanently ban taxes on the internet, but I read earlier this week that the
Senate looks like it might put their version of the bill on hold, thus
ending a moritorium on internet taxes on Nov 1.
I can't find the article I read recently about the latter, but here are a
links to other related articles...
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-5096010.html
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/09/17/HNhouseinternet_1.html
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/09/24/HNinternettax_1.html
Ahhh, I found it. It's an article in the 10/27/2003 issue of eWeek Magazine
(formerly PCWeek) on page 14. From the first paragraph of the article,
"...while most lawmakers favor making the ban permanent, a small group of
U.S. senators last week held up the initiative...". Further in the article,
it states that Senator Lamar Alexander (R - Tenn.) is one of these Senators,
and, ironically, he voted for the original moritorium on 'net taxes a few
years back. He's asking the senate now to let it die a natural death.
So, I guess we'll find out officially tomorrow whether or not companies will
be able to start taxing internet commerce.
73,
- Aaron Hsu, NN6O
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Kamp, KW0D [mailto:kw0d@netexpress.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 3:41 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] OT- E-mail Tax ???
Hi Dan-
I went hunting on the FOX NEWS website, and I didn't see anything to
support that statement. FOX is really good about running breaking stories
on their webpage, perhaps it's still there somewhere- Can you dig out a
detailed URL? Seein's how I'm a doubter, I'd like to see that at the
core...
73!
DK :-)
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