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Re: ****Tacoma, Washington Starts Taxing Internet Access 07/30/96
On Mon, 05 Aug 1996 11:17:29 -0700, you wrote:
>At 05:42 AM 8/5/96 -1000, NetSurfer wrote:
>>
>>On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, Joseph M. Reagle Jr. wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> >WASHINGTON, DC, U.S.A., 1996 JUL 30 (NB) -- By Bill Pietrucha.
>>> >Tacoma, Washington, has just gained the distinction of being the
>>> >only municipality in the United States to tax Internet Access
>>> >providers (IAPs) like telephone service providers.
>>> >
>
>I believe the reason the Tacoma ordinance is getting so much flack is that
>they are wanting to charge sales tax on all transactions that take place
>from ISPs in Tacoma.
>
>This type of taxation is not new. Various jurisdictions have tried to use
>the same thing on mail order houses. Having worked for a service bureau
>that dealt with mail order, I know what a hassle it is to try to keep track
>of such taxation. There is a company that will sell you the data of all of
>the sales tax rates throughout the country. This includes every little
>podunk city, county, and fire district tax. They are divided by zip code,
>but that is no guarantees that you have the right place. The reality is that
>trying to "be legal" under such regulations is next to impossible, even with
>the proper data. I know of few mail order firms that are willing to go to
>that extreme. (Unless, of course, they have gotten the proper threats from
>some miffed tax baron.)
>
>And they wonder why there is so much disrespect for the law...
>---
>Alan Olsen -- [email protected] -- Contract Web Design & Instruction
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