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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. Why? by stranger_to_himself · · Score: 0, Troll

    I can't think why the internet shouldn't be taxed like everything else. Or at least every other public good. If pensioners have to pay tax on their fuel supplies in winter then we should be paying tax on our internet connections.