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E-commerce: A taxing issue
Source: Heritage Foundation
Author: Adam D. Thierer
Country: United States

Why would any public official endorse a tax system of dubious constitutionality that poses such a clear and present danger to the current economic expansion? (3/23/00)

America's small businesses on the Internet
Source: American Legislative Exchange Council
Author: Doug Lathrop
Country: United States

Some people claim that we need to tax Internet sales to "level the playing field" for "brick-and-mortar" retailers. Doug Lathrop disputes this idea and shows that small business are benefiting and will continue to benefit from a tax-free Internet. (1/00)

The e-Freedom Coalition's Proposal to the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce
Source: E-Freedom Coalition
Country: United States

The E-Freedom Coalition calls on state governments to respect federalism and keep taxes linked to the people who receive services by resisting the temptation to try to take a cut from Internet commerce. (11/10/99)

Statement of John Berthoud, Ph.D., President of the National Taxpayers Union, on privacy issues for taxpayers in the information age
Source: National Taxpayers Union
Country: United States

The head of the NTU says that the Internet is an enormous boon to everybody, but an equal temptation for tax-hungry politicians. (9/15/99)

Net tax policy on the slow track
Source: Wired
Country: United States

At its second meeting, the U.S. Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce showed no signs of breaking a sweat in meeting its task if producing recommendations on an Internet tax policy. (9/16/99)

Why Congress should counter efforts to tax Internet commerce
Source: Heritage Foundation
Author: Adam D. Thierer
Country: United States

While the commission examining Internet-related tax policy seems predisposed to consider how to tax rather than whether to tax, it should carefully consider the strong arguments against burdening the new medium. (10/5/99)

The Sky is NOT Falling, The Sky is NOT Falling - 'Lost' Sales Taxes and the Internet
Source: Citizens for a Sound Economy
Author: Jerry Ellig
Country: United States

Contrary to government fears that the Internet is the home of commerce escaping taxation, many online transactions are either tax-exempt or else taxable under existing laws. (8/3/99)

The Internet Tax Freedom Act
Source: Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce
Country: United States

The Internet Tax Freedom Act established the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce and set a three-year moratorium on Net taxation in the U.S., starting October 1, 1998. (11/12/99)

Facts about electronic commerce and taxation
Source: The Internet Tax Fairness Coalition
Country: United States

Point-by-point breakdown of the value of the Internet to economic growth and the threat posed thereto by taxation. (11/12/99)

Out of the feds' hands
Source: Citizens for a Sound Economy
Author: Jason M. Thomas
Country: United States
E-mail: cse@cse.org

The internet economy has become a victim of FCC regulations. This article points out that "...the tech economy is in the midst of what George Gilder has described as a 'classic socialist famine,' where people starve because government intrusion prevents adequate distribution." (09/27/2001)

Internet tax
Source: Citizens for a Sound Economy
Country: United States
E-mail: cse@cse.org

Everyone has a stake in ensuring that the Internet develops without excessive regulation and taxation. The government continues to burden traditional telecommunications services with taxes and regulations, and it's poised to restrict the speed and accessibility of the Internet through regulation.

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