• US Congress panel backs renewal of ban on Internet taxes
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[quote](Reuters) - A U.S. ban on Internet taxes that has been in place since 1998 would be made permanent under legislation approved on Wednesday by a congressional committee. The bill, sponsored by Republican Representative Bob Goodlatte, will go next to the full House of Representatives, where the timing for a vote has not been determined. Previous extensions of the Internet tax ban have had broad bipartisan support in the House and the Senate. The ban is set to expire in November. In a 30-4 vote, the House Judiciary Committee passed the bill, which would permanently prevent state and local governments from enacting Internet connection taxes. It would also keep municipal governments from levying taxes on Internet purchases where there is no equivalent store or mail-order tax. [...] The bill was supported by e-commerce companies including AOL Inc, eBay Inc, Facebook Inc, Oracle Corp, VeriSign Inc and Yahoo Inc.[/quote] [url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/18/us-congress-internet-tax-idUSKBN0ET2IC20140618[/url]
Internet pays sale tax now in most major vendors; good that they didn't add a fucking extra one.
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