Wow, there is a taxation vacuum. I should have thought of founding the
ICANN. Who else will be able to collect these taxes in behalf of all those
jurisdictions?
ag
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Subject: [IFWP] Internet Tax Panel Faces Thorny Issues (CyberTimes)
Communications-relatedHeadlines for 9/15/99 (fwd)
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> Internet Tax Panel Faces Thorny Issues (CyberTimes)
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> House Republican leaders sent a letter to the 19-member Advisory
Commission
> on Electronic Commerce, a commission appointed by Congress last year to
> report back on Internet taxation, reminding them that the reason the body
> was formed was to decide whether or not to tax Internet transactions, not
> how to tax them. House Majority Leader Dick Armey and 34 colleagues signed
> the letter. "We recognize the challenge you face, as members of this
> national commission, in trying to tackle some very important issues
> regarding the future of e-commerce," the letter said. "...We are
concerned,
> however, about the fact that most of the news reports from the first
> commission meeting seemed to focus on how to tax the Internet, rather than
> whether to tax the Internet." The Congressional leaders discussed Internet
> taxation saying, "This idea is not a popular one in Congress or among the
> American people. You should also know that there are many members who will
> oppose any new taxes on the Internet." There are now more than 30,000 tax
> jurisdictions with varying tax rates and rules in the country, so the idea
> of taxation and the Internet opens many taxation jurisdiction issues,
which
> Congress faces in the future. The panel is expected to begin discussing
its
> various options today, but no final recommendations to Congress are
> expected until spring.
> [SOURCE: Cybertimes, AUTHOR: Jeri Clausing]
> (http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/09/cyber/articles/15tax.html)
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