November 19, 2004

The New York Times > AP > Technology > Congress Blocks Net Connection Taxation

Good work by our Congress. Keep the Internet and access to it tax free. Taxing the Internet DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. Additional legislation may be needed to privent taxation of VoIP.


"``Congress, consumers and the private sector should be able to revisit the issue and adjust to emerging technologies and market realities,'' he (National Governors Association Executive Director Raymond C. Scheppach) said. ``It just makes sense.''

The bill has no effect on an emerging Internet technology that some states want to tax as a traditional telecommunications service -- Voice Over Internet Protocol or VOIP. The service lets consumers use Internet technology like telephones."

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