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Amended Internet Tax Ban Will Not Include VoIP

Posted by Zonk on from the nickel-and-dime-you-to-death dept.

Spritzer writes "Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee approved an amendment to the Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998 which would prevent the tax ban from expiring. However, the amendment also eliminates tax protection for VoIP services. 'The amendment, offered by committee Chairman John Conyers Jr., a Michigan Democrat, would extend the ban on Internet access taxes until Nov. 1, 2011. ... The Conyers amendment would allow nine states with Internet access taxes to continue them. It would also narrow the definition of Internet access, excluding services such as VoIP from the tax ban.'"

6 of 139 comments (clear)

  1. Read my lips by seanadams.com · · Score: 4, Funny

    NOT NO BAN on new taxes, EXCEPT NOT on voip, but NOT after 2011.

  2. Re:Exclude VOIP? by Phisbut · · Score: 3, Funny

    Disclaimer: IANAMOC

    Ok, this one I really have trouble deciphering...

    • I am not a man of content?
    • I am not a murderer of California?
    • (with Mario's voice) I am not-a made of cheese?
    • I am not a Mister O'Connor?
    • I am not a model of competence?

    Help me on this one...

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    After 3 days without programming, life becomes meaningless
    - The Tao of Programming
  3. Re:Exclude VOIP? by Gregb05 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am not a member of Congress.
    And let's be honest here, I'm not a model of competence either.

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  4. Re:Makes sense to me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I look forward for Mr. Bush to veto this once it gets to his desk. After all, he said "no new taxes".

  5. Party's Over by MrMarket · · Score: 2, Funny

    VOIP is passed out in the corner; Online Video is ordering shots for Online Retailers -- they won't last long. State Legislator is pissed that he was not invited and has called the cops to shut this party down.

  6. Michigan is an infection by lightsaber777 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess the only way to make Michigan's tax environment look better is to make everyone else's tax environment look just as bad.