Comments on: Senate Passes 7 Year Extension on Internet Taxation

By: Chartered Accountants India

Chartered Accountants India — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:29:59 +0000

thanks god indian government doesn’t have any idea like this

By: Gold Coast SEO

Gold Coast SEO — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:21:53 +0000

It would be nice if some other governement would consider bringing in such a regulation, for non-porn based industries anyway. It would help stimulate the economy without doubt.

By: Furniture Store

Furniture Store — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:26:51 +0000

That was thought provoking Mike. I suppose there are a lot of vested interests out there trying to manipulate the situation to their own benefit.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:02:44 +0000

Online merchants didn’t need a new “Don’t Tax the WEb” group – we already have the ORA. Unfortunately, people are too lazy to even pick up the phone and call their reps to tell them to stay out of their pockets.

The fact is, people shop the web for (1) lower price, (2) to avoid sales tax. This normally makes the delivered price much lower, especially on specialty items not found at your local WalMart.

It isn’t the federal government, it’s the National Governors Assoc. – and large retailers, trying to push sales tax on the web. They want every online merchant to collect sales tax on every sale – and then remit that money to each state…but there are around 7,000 tax districts in the US, which is a serious problem.

They want the merchant to collect sales tax…at the correct rate for the customer’s location….then remit (send them a check) the sales tax to the taxing authority. Most small businesses simply don’t have the capacity and would be forced to close….this is why some large retailers want it – get rid of the online competition. I suspect they are spending a fair amount of money funding the Governors…

Does anyone honestly believe the politicians…they say “we need this revenue to help our state” – how many times have they already stolen more of your money? Think about the lottery in your state – remember the promises…something like “the revenue generated will pay for schools and roads, and reduce excise taxes for everyone in the state” or something like that…didn’t happen, did it?!

The ONLY thing taxing the internet will do is take away the consumers right to shop online tax free – and in the process, it will kill a large number of merchants who currently offer items you won’t find locally.

I suggest somebody start calling both their state and federal representative!

By: Furniture Store

Furniture Store — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:58:09 +0000

I also think that it would be incredibly difficult to impose taxes on internet use, since traffic and access are such uncertain things to quantify.

But the government finds a way to extract money from all of us i guess:]

By: Water Portal

Water Portal — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:10:21 +0000

Internet should stay off taxes, its one of the fastest growing business, and contributes to the world. internet is also growing employment medium, these people work on the net because they are not satisfied with employment government or economy provided them. there are many reasons why net should not be taxed.

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Internet - Internet is for PORN!! | best-ie7.info — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:32:15 +0000

[...] Senate Passes 7 Year Extension on Internet TaxationSome have made a permanent moratorium while others passed laws to tax internet sales. Existing laws will be grandfathered in. Texas was grandfathered and so collects tax on Internet access if charges exceed $25.00 per month (which is … [...]

By: Voices

Voices — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:19:10 +0000

Thanks for the update on this subject. I caught it briefly on the TWiT podcast and you’ve added to the conversation by providing links to helpful resources.

As a CEO in Canada, I’m hoping the Canadians follow suit and keep our Internet-related taxes to a minimum.