Bush Signs 'Net Access Tax Moratorium

KingFishKingFish
edited December 2004 in Science & Tech
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

Comments

  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited December 2004
    whew
  • Lord_NightLord_Night Piqua Ohio
    edited December 2004
    Yea he did something right........
  • zzz
    edited December 2004
    we are talking dollar and cents here. bit tax ought to be collected at the boarder, where jobs leave the country ...
  • NomadNomad A Small Piece of Hell Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    Huzzah.
  • MoTHA_NaTuREMoTHA_NaTuRE All over this bizzatch called FL
    edited December 2004
    bush luvs the internets!!
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