Congress should extend the Internet tax moratorium law before it ...
Congress should extend the Internet tax moratorium law before it expires Nov. 1, USTelecom, NCTA, American Cable Association and CTIA said Thursday in letters to Democratic leaders. Citing “strong support” for bills (S-156, HR-743) to extend the moratorium, the…
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groups warned that lifting the ban could expose consumers to burdensome new taxes. The letter was sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. In contrast to earlier appeals from trade groups, the cable and phone groups buried their request for a permanent extension of the moratorium. State tax officials have lobbied heavily for a four-year extension at most (CD June 22 p5). The trade groups said near the top of the letters to Reid and Pelosi that a moratorium should be extended “for as long as possible.” They didn’t mention that they wanted a permanent extension until the end of the letters, where they referred to “unnecessary, burdensome taxes” that would be barred permanently by S-156 and HR-743.