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Internet Service Tax Moritorium Set To Expire

Posted by kdawson on from the one-of-two-things-we-have-always-with-us dept.

nelsonjs writes "On November 1, the ban on taxing Internet service is set to expire. The ban was originally implemented in 1998 in order to encourage the proliferation of Net access. The Senate is considering two competing bills to extend the ban: one would extend it for four years and the other would make the ban permanent. Verizon and Google, usually to be found on opposite sides of any question of Net access, are united in lobbying for the permanent tax ban. If neither passes by November 1, prices for Internet service nationwide could jump by as much as 17 percent, according to ISPs."

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  1. Back to 'normal' by pipatron · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So you mean that they will have to pay normal taxes just like their competitors? Except they can still keep prices lower because they don't need as many employees? Sounds like a fair deal to me.

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    1. Re:Back to 'normal' by pipatron · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Damn. Mod me down guys, I should have RTFA first. My post had nothing to do with the subject discussed in this article.

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  2. Moritorium? by edittard · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My oh my, the editing around here is certainly morabund.

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  3. Spellcheck, please. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Moratorium.

  4. tax the rich? by p51d007 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You mean the party in power will end up taxing "the poor" (whoever they are) I can't believe the democrats (or republicans for that matter) would lie about such things? Idiots.......that's what politicians must think of us, and to a degree they are right. We keep putting the same dumbasses back in DC, to the tune of a 90+ reelection rate. Until we (the people) get fed up with these "lifetime" politicians, kick their sorry asses out, kill off the K street lobbyists, it will never change.