Ban on Internet Taxes to Expire

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday October 20, 2001 @03:28AM from the pound-of-flesh dept.

slacknet writes: "Well, it looks like the government could be lifting the ban on taxes related to the Internet, CNN reports here. While the House of Representatives has already passed a two-year extension on the ban, the Senate has not. Newsbytes.com also has an article on this matter here. I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks this probably isn't the best time economically to be discussing any sort of additional taxes." I think Newsbytes has it right - the federal ban is likely to be reinstated soon, they just didn't get around to it this week.

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Telephone sales by Therlin · 2001-10-20 04:57 · Score: 4, Interesting

I can call a catalog, say PC Connection, and buy something without being charged any taxes.

I wonder if this could be used to get around Internet sales taxes. I could add things to my shopping cart, receive a "pin code", call a toll-free number, punch in my credit card number and my sale is now a telephone sale and not an Internet sale.