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Internet Tax in Tacoma cancelled
An excellent case of considering regulatory arbitrage effects.
-Allen
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> TACOMA, WASH. CITY COUNCIL REPEALS TAX ON INTERNET PROVIDERS
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> TACOMA, Wash. (Sep 4, 1996 01:17 a.m. EDT) - Tacoma City Council
> members voted Tuesday to exempt Internet service providers from a 6
> percent telecommunications tax that had attracted nationwide
> attention.
> With only one dissenting vote, the council approved the exemption at
> the urging of Mayor Brian Ebersole, who said Tacoma's reputation as a
> good place to do business outweighed the estimated $200,000 in annual
> revenue the city stands to lose.
> The tax had been imposed on Internet companies in March by Tacoma's
> tax and license department as part of a broader levy that affects
> users of cellular telephones, pagers and other equipment who get
> billed at addresses within the city, about 30 miles south of Seattle.
[...]
> Tacoma is one of many cities and states who have seized on the rapid
> growth of the Internet as a potential for raising needed tax revenues.
> West Virginia, Tennessee, Texas, New York and Ohio have similar taxes
> in place, and California, Florida, New York and Washington state are
> considering them.
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