You've Got A Refund. Nebraska Gov. Ben Nelson said information technology removes geography as an economic barrier. Local governments stand to lose substantial sales-tax revenues if electronic commerce takes off. Historian James Burke said that loss of privacy is the price one pays for living in a networked society.
Local governments stand to lose substantial sales-tax revenues if electronic commerce takes off.
The Internet Tax Freedom Act address only new taxes that may be imposed, for example, on Internet service providers. Such a new tax would ultimately be passed on to the user through an increase in the monthly subscriber fee. Existing sales taxes are not affected by the moratorium. The Internet tax moratorium was not a good idea. It is a bulldozer solution to a pebble in the roadway.