Keeping our Internet access tax free (or almost so) is essential to its growth and our economic strength. This November the ban on this tax is set to expire. A house panel voted to extend this ban until 2011. The Senate has yet to act. While a temporary ban is better than nothing, it should be a permanent fixture.
A temporary ban signals legislators may be thinking of this as a future source for tax revenue. If this is done in the future, costs for doing business will increase. Companies will not simply absorb any new tax, it will be passed on to customers (reluctantly so on our part). Taxation of Internet access would present issues such as how to do it? A flat fee, by the amount of data sent/received or by the email (don’t laugh, this idea was floated in Gainesville, Florida some years ago)?
Would you want to pay a per fee amount for each email you send?
While this is often a low-priority item for most voters, keep it in mind and how it could affect you and our country. It is far easier to prevent such a tax being enacted than repealing it. Besides, how could the Internet be thrown off of a ship into Boston harbor?
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