Spotlight on Internet Taxation from Free-Market. A national moratorium on taxes that target the Internet expires this October.
Prospects look good to extend the ban on efforts to tax Internet access and Net-specific levies.
It's an odd time for tax fever. Pete du Pont, the former governor of Delaware, thinks that revenue-hungry politicians are driven by fear. In a few cases, probably yes. Neither are paper towels, newspapers or detergents. Online retail operations serve a limited market not unlike old-fashioned catalogue sales, with a few services added courtesy of the flexible medium.