Senator John McCain’s another vision
Remember John McCain, the senator proposed controversial bill last year that raised quite a buzz in new media? Now Senator John McCain teamed up with Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon and another Republican John Sununu of New Hampshire to introduced the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act.
Congress first passed a temporary ban on taxes that target the Internet in 1998, and has extended the ban twice. The current moratorium expires in November,2007. McCain said in a statement–
..The Internet tax band would “ensure that consumers never have to pay a toll when they access the information highway…Keeping Internet access affordable to all Americans is a worthy policy goal.
Owao! Honestly i didn’t expected that, from McCain. So what is the Bill about? The bill, in addition to permanently banning taxes on Internet access, would prohibit states from taxing online purchases if they don’t also tax catalog or phone-based sales. Senate is very keen to collect taxes from Voice communicatin services based on internet. The Senate, in late 2004, passed a temporary moratorium that allowed states to collect traditional telephone taxes on newer VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service. No wonder, think about it, the way VoIP services are growing like weeds, state will lose a significant amount of Tax revenue if they ban taxing VOIP services.
News Source: Infoworld
