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IPI Policy Report - # 153 Author: Sonia Hoffman on 05/10/2000
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IPI Center for Technology Freedom Analysts Available to Discuss Extending the Internet Moratorium
For Immediate Release.
For Further Information, Contact Sonia Hoffman, 1-888-557-4IPI
Dallas, TX: To tax or not to tax the Internet? That’s the question the House will vote on this week when they consider extending the Internet tax moratorium.
First, there are Constitutional issues. Current proposals to tax the Internet often infringe upon the protections afforded under the due process, commerce, compact, or confederation clauses of the U.S. Constitution. This cannot be tolerated.
Second, most legal Web tax plans are impractical. Sales, use, and access taxes aren’t needed to raise revenue, and some variations would impose an unacceptable economic burden on the Internet without a compelling non-revenue justification to recommend their adoption.
Moratorium expansion will not undermine local and state actions.
Analysts from the IPI Center for Technology Freedom are available to discuss problems with current Internet tax proposals and advantages to extending the current Internet moratorium.
WHO: Mr. Bartlett Cleland, CTF Director
Dr. Lawrence Hunter, CTF research fellow and co-author of
New.Economy@Old.Constitution
Dr. Merrill Matthews, CTF visiting scholar and author of
“Should We Tax the Internet?”
Mr. George Pieler, CTF research fellow and co-author of
New.Economy@Old.Constitution.
WHAT: Should the House vote to extend the Internet Moratorium this week?
WHEN: Available immediately to radio, television and print media.
CONTACT: Sonia Hoffman, 1-888-557-4IPI
Please Note the Authors are Available for Interviews.
The IPI Center for Technology Freedom is a free-market think-tank committed to advancing public policy that unites both liberty and technology. The information sited above was taken from two recent CTF policy reports. Copies are available upon request at 1-888-557-4IPI, or from www.ipi.org.
The IPI Center for Technology Freedom is a free-market think-tank committed to advancing public policy that unites both liberty and technology. The information sited above was taken from two recent CTF policy reports. Copies are available upon request at 1-888-557-4IPI, or from www.ipi.org.