Consequently, the existing Internet tax moratorium, which on its face has nothing to do with sales tax, is nonetheless being targeted. On September 25th, California Governor Gray Davis vetoed a bill that would have required all online businesses with a physical presence in the state to collect sales tax. Simultaneously, Davis signed a bill extending California's moratorium on Internet access taxes for three years. An observer could easily have walked away with the impression that a moratorium on sales tax had been implemented or extended, when from a legal standpoint, no action on the sales tax issue had been taken. Ideally, as the issue of Internet taxation draws more passionate attention, more people will be able to juggle their facts successfully.
People understand the distinction.
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