/ Technology

The ban on Internet tax expires this weekend

Congress failed to pass an extension on an Internet tax ban that expires this weekend. The House passed a two-year extension of the moratorium that did not address the sales tax issue; the measure was blocked in the Senate.

Posted 10/19/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Technology

E-commerce Tax Committee Member Asks Clinton To End Stalemate

A member of the federal panel on e-commerce taxes has asked President Clinton to reverse the administration's opposition to a compromise proposal. Dean Andal, chairman of California's state Board of Equalization and a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce, sent a letter to Clinton on Thursday, urging him to instruct the comission's three federal appointees to support a compromise package drafted by the panel's six...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

Progress on the sales tax issue, but not in the right direction for some

New developments keep the Internet sales tax issue in the forefront. The latest: A study of the costs of collecting sales tax and the first test of the Streamlined Sales Tax Project.

Posted 10/02/2001Internet RetailerPost a comment

The sales tax issue continues to split retailers

The sales tax issue won’t go away. And the NRF and the DMA continue to have opposing views.

Posted 08/30/2001Internet RetailerPost a comment

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DMA ADVOCATES EXTENSION OF INTERNET SALES TAX MORATORIUM; SAYS CONGRESS NEEDS MORE TIME TO DEVELOP A SALES TAX...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Louis Mastria 212.790.1529 Lmastria@the-dma.org WASHINGTON – July 31, 2001 – The Direct Marketing Association (The DMA) is urging the Senate Finance Committee to support the extension of the moratorium on Internet access taxes and on new and discriminatory taxes on the Internet. These topics are to be discussed when the committee holds hearings Wednesday, August 1 on states` requests to collect sales taxes on...

Posted 08/01/2001