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Foxx signs onto bipartisan ban on Internet taxation
Washington, DC,
September 25, 2007
As part of her ongoing effort to stop new taxes from being passed on the people of North Carolina, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-5) recently signed onto legislation that will permanently ban taxes on Internet access and prohibit the dou
Contact: Aaron Groen
As part of her ongoing effort to stop new taxes from being passed on the people of North Carolina, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-5) recently signed onto legislation that will permanently ban taxes on Internet access and prohibit the double-taxation of e-commerce. As a co-sponsor of the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (HR 743), Foxx joins a bipartisan group of members of Congress in support of legislation that will ensure Americans are not forced to pay new taxes on Internet access. “When we prevent new taxes on the people of the Fifth District, we encourage economic growth by leaving more of taxpayers’ hard-earned money in their pockets,” Foxx said. “Any Internet tax is an obstacle to doing business in an Internet-dependant economy. By banning Web access taxes, we can help spur the growth of small businesses and jobs that depend on the Internet for increased productivity and competitiveness.” The Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act would permanently extend the moratorium on Internet access taxes and duplicative taxes on e-commerce. Foxx was also a leader against the tax when she served in the North Carolina Senate. Congress first instituted a temporary Internet tax moratorium in 1998 to encourage growth of online commerce. In 2004, Congress extended the moratorium for an additional three years, which is scheduled to expire on Nov. 1, 2007. “Congress acted to ban harmful Internet taxation before; now it’s time to make good on that down-payment and permanently extend this ban,” Foxx said. “This ban is good for families, schools and businesses. Everybody wins if we keep the government’s hands off Americans’ access to the Internet.” HR 743 would apply to a variety of Internet access services, including cable, DSL and wireless Internet access. The bill would forever prohibit three types of Internet taxes: taxes on Internet access, the double taxation (for example, by two or more states) of a product or service bought over the Internet, and discriminatory taxes that treat Internet purchases differently from other types of sales. ### |