Thursday, February 11, 2016

Ban on States and Localities Taxing Internet Access


The Senate on Thursday sent a bill to the President's desk making permanent the ban on states and localities taxing Internet access.

The passage of the provision, which was wrapped into an unrelated customs enforcement bill, marks the end of a years-long struggle to put the 1998 ban on the books for good and remove a sunset date. Nearly every major telecom trade group applauded the move, and the White House said President Obama would sign it soon.

"Nothing's ever permanent around here but you know if you do permanency, you don't have these cliffs to deal with that periodically have vexed Congresses for a long time," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said after the vote.

The customs enforcement bill passed the House last year. A deal struck earlier this week allowed the bill to move forward after being held up for months over the Internet tax ban. In exchange for letting the bill move forward, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) promised members that "sometime this year" the Senate would consider the separate Marketplace Fairness Act, which would allow states to collect online sales tax on purchases made from a retailer based outside the state.

I would challenge the Marketplace Fairness Act in court, as I did with the original Quill Case, I was part of this case for another mail order company, that started this issue.











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