Proposal for Internet Taxes

[Amateur]

From - http://news.com.com/Net+taxes+could+...0-20&subj=news

The era of tax-free e-mail, Internet shopping and broadband connections could end this fall, if recent proposals in the U.S. Congress prove successful.

State and local governments this week resumed a push to lobby Congress for far-reaching changes on two different fronts: gaining the ability to impose sales taxes on Net shopping, and being able to levy new monthly taxes on DSL and other connections. One senator is even predicting taxes on e-mail.

At the moment, states and municipalities are frequently barred by federal law from collecting both access and sales taxes. But they're hoping that their new lobbying effort, coordinated by groups including the National Governors Association, will pay off by permitting them to collect billions of dollars in new revenue by next year.

If that doesn't happen, other taxes may zoom upward instead, warned Sen. Michael Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. "Are we implicitly blessing a situation where states are forced to raise other taxes, such as income or property taxes, to offset the growing loss of sales tax revenue?" Enzi said. "I want to avoid that."

A flurry of proposals that pro-tax advocates advanced this week push in that direction. On Tuesday, Enzi introduced a bill that would usher in mandatory sales tax collection for Internet purchases. Second, during a House of Representatives hearing the same day, politicians weighed whether to let a temporary ban on Net access taxes lapse when it expires on November 1. A House backer of another pro-sales tax bill said this week to expect a final version by July.

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[casinoman]

Ridiculous, yet another attempt to tax something by lawmakers who don't understand what they are really taxing.

[matted]

Another argument for a flat tax in the states... But that isn't even a passing thought anymore. We in the states do pay lower taxes than many parts of the world, but it honestly is getting ridiculous. My favorite example is a surtax on soft drinks in Chicago.

But, given the current tax picture, I would be accepting of a sales tax on internet purchases - as long as it is the same as the tax I pay going to a traditional retail store. Of course I'd rather pay nothing, but that isn't truly fair.

[WinYourWayKyle]

Althought I live in Canada, I think this is an outrage to tax products and services on the internet. Maybe they could tax deposits at online gaming sites as well, and give it back to you guys...jk

Another attempt on how the US government will do anything to make an extra buck, any way they can.... sneaky bas****s

KRS

[Doolally]

More US Govt. idiotic proposals.