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2007-10-03

Make the Internet Tax Moratorium Permanent

The original Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998 created the tax-free moratorium, which Congress has extended two times.

On November 1 the Internet tax moratorium will expire. If Congress doesn't extend or make permanent this moratorium, state and local governments will be free to impose taxes on Internet access, products or services purchased online and discriminatory fees that treat those purchases differently from other types of sales.

The list of ways officials can tax the Internet is endless, including email, downloads, services, and a host of other transactions, not excluding the tools yet to come.

Legislation introduced in both Houses this year S. 156 and H.R. 743 by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., would make the ban permanent.

Please take the time to send a letter to your local elected officials, and urge them to support these bills and internet freedom.

For more info and further resources, go to Don't Tax Our Web whose supporters include US Chamber of Commerce, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, Google, Yahoo, Ebay, Amazon, and many others. Help them to help us keep the Internet tax-free - or we all suffer the consequences!

Gina Weiss

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