President Bush signed into law a new four-year ban on state and federal taxation of Internet connections, legislation the industry said was needed to promote universal broadband.
The latest version of the Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act expands the original dial-up definition of access to include DSL, cable modems and wireless Internet connections. The bill blocks states from differentiating for tax purposes between dial-up and broadband hookups.
“Under the previous moratorium, there were about 18 states that started taxing high-speed connections over DSL lines,” U.S. Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) said after the White House signing ceremony. “If that was allowed to continue for another four years, we’d never be able to get that off [the tax rolls].”
Source: InternetNews
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