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Ban On Internet Sales Tax Ends Saturday

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the salivating-pigs dept.

donnyspi writes "As reported in the Rocky Mountain News, among other places, the 5 year ban on collecting sales tax on purchases over the internet is scheduled to end Saturday. 'The original moratorium was established in 1998, renewed in 2001 and is set to expire Saturday. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill in September that would expand the ban and make it permanent. Similar legislation hasn't yet been voted on in the Senate.'

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  1. While we're at it... by Capt'n+Hector · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can we ban charging for shipping too?

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    1. Re:While we're at it... by IthnkImParanoid · · Score: 2, Funny

      I thought the whole point of having the Internet was to get free stuff.

      /me hopes Orrin Hatch doesn't blow up his computer.*





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    2. Re:While we're at it... by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 3, Funny

      And while we're at it, lets ban the charge for the actual item as well.

      I work hard. I think I deserve a free plasma television.

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  2. Should expand to include tax on phones... by weedenbc · · Score: 2, Funny

    If this bill banned taxing internet access I think we should be lobbying to get them to expand it to cover taxing telephone access. My phone bill would probably be cut in half if I didn't have to pay all the different taxes they sneak in.

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  3. Very OT by wadetemp · · Score: 2, Funny

    P.S. -- VERY OT, has anyone else been getting lots of Server 500 errors when browsing Slashdot over the past week? I used to never get any and now I'm getting them in roughly one out every five page views... weird.

    Yes, I have. Also I noticed that http://www.slashdot.org started redirecting to http://slashdot.org:80, instead of just http://slashdot.org, at about the same time I started seeing the 500 errors occasionally. It must mean they've changed something (in the Matrix.)

  4. Considering... by Treacle+Treatment · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't have any money to buy things locally, much less over the internet I don't think changes to the tax laws are going to affect me very much.

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