sorry for the US-centric note, but I thought that any service provider in the US should see this. Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [216.40.36.35] (HELO c1m3.emaildefenseservice.com) by fr2.webmaillogin.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.6) with SMTP id 20260644 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:11:53 -0500 Received: from lakemtao01.cox.net [68.1.17.244] (EHLO lakemtao01.cox.net) by c1m3.emaildefenseservice.com (mxl_mta-1.3.7-9) with ESMTP id a86f2604.8417.150.c1m3; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:11:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from home ([68.227.202.34]) by lakemtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:11:43 -0500 From: "Dave McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Kathleen Sachs'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Joe Marion'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Gary Gardner'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Gene Crick'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Elliot Noss'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Brian Ulrich'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'David Robertson'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Andrew Kreig'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Dane Jasper'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Nelson Ward'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Bill Burhop'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Su Hawk'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [USIIA Alert 04:02] -- Note to Customers Regarding Taxation of Internet Access Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:11:42 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Thread-Index: AcQSet/IZzmr0UFZRKWPtNtieEoaPAAABEnAAAAfI/A= Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Processed-By: MX Firewall Rebuild v1.49-1 X-MX-Spam: final=0.0173866220; heur=0.6608255435(2500); stat=0.0090000000 X-MX-MAIL-FROM: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MX-SOURCE-IP: [68.1.17.244] X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 1.01d X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain
> ============================================================ > USIIA Alert March 25, 2004 Alert 04:02 > ============================================================ > > The following is an alert from the US Internet Industry > Association, the nation's oldest and largest trade association > for Internet commerce, content and connectivity. Information > regarding USIIA can be found at http://www.usiia.org. > > Please give this the widest possible circulation among ISPs. > > ============================================================= > Note to Customers Regarding Taxation of Internet Access > ============================================================= > > In a matter of weeks, the US Senate will vote either to adopt > a permanent moratorium on taxation of Internet access, or to > open the floodgates to billions of dollars in new taxes not > only on access but on services such as email and instant > messaging. > > It is critical that members of the Senate hear from their > constituents on this issue, and we are asking ISPs to make > the following statements available to all of their subscribers. > These may be reprinted for distribution as a bill-stuffer or > placed on your web site. > > > Dear Customer: > The Federal Internet tax moratorium has recently expired, which > means that new taxes could show up on your monthly Internet > access bill - unless the U.S. Senate acts now. The House of > Representatives has already passed a permanent extension of > the moratorium, but the Senate is still considering the issue. > > A bill called S. 150 would permanently prevent taxes on your > Internet access service. But a competing measure called > S. 2084 would allow numerous state and local taxes on Internet > access. If the Senate fails to act or passes S. 2084, we feel > it is our obligation to inform all of our valued customers that > new taxes will increase the price of your service. In fact, it > is likely that in the absence of the moratorium, high telephone > tax rates will be applied to your Internet access bill. Only a > vote for S. 150 will give consumers permanent protection against > Internet access taxes. If you would like to express your opinion, > please call your Senators at 202-224-3121. > > > > Dear Customer: > At some point during the last several years, you may have > received a message claiming that a "Bill 602p" in Congress > would create a tax on every email. > > As you probably know by now, this message was a complete hoax. > There is no such bill. HOWEVER, we're sorry to inform you that > the Federal Internet tax moratorium, which prohibits taxes on > your email and Internet access services, has recently expired. > This means that new taxes on your email and access services > can now become reality - unless the U.S. Senate acts soon. > > The House has already passed a permanent ban on these taxes, > and a Senate bill called S. 150 would give consumers permanent > protection against email and access taxes. But a competing > measure in the Senate called S. 2084 would allow numerous > state and local taxes on Internet access and even allow taxes > on email. To say "NO!" to email taxes, please call your Senators > at 202-224-3121 and urge them to vote YES on S. 150. > > > ****************************** > > The US Internet Industry Association is a non-profit trade > association that advocates the interests of consumers and > companies engaged in Internet commerce, content and connectivity. > > If you have recieved this message in error, our apologies. To > remove your name from the USIIA mailing lists, please contact > us at "info @ USIIA.org." You may also reach the USIIA staff > at (703) 924-0006.
