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Wyden co-authors bill
to curtail new e-taxes
Increasing online sales
volume has prompted
lawmakers to draft a bill
banning multiple e-taxes
Ali Shaughnessy
Envi ronment/ScienceATechnology Reporter
University student Sara Dahl
started buying books online two
years ago. “It was a lot easier to
buy a book from Amazon.com or
Barnesandnoble.com than trying
to find it at a random book store,”
she said.
The substantial growth of elec
tronic commerce has caused Sen.
Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep.
Christopher Cox, R-Calif., to intro
duce the Internet Tax Non-Dis
crimination Act. The act would ex
tend the current Internet Tax
Freedom Act, which bans all U.S.
taxing jurisdictions from creating
taxes unique to the Internet.
ITNDA, which was introduced in
early January, would ban multiple
Internet taxes, including a tax on
Internet access and “bit tax”
which would tax Internet informa
tion as it moves across servers
through different taxing jurisdic
tions. The act is pushing for a five
year moratorium against levying
taxes on the Internet that aren’t
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Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act
The Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act follows the same
guidelines as the Internet Tax Freedom Act and would prohibit:
• Taxing Internet access
• Double taxation of a product or service bought over the Internet
by two or more states
• Taxes that treat Internet purchases differently than other types of
sales
SOURCE: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.
levied elsewhere.
Wyden said in a press confer
ence that not a single state in the
country could prove it had been
hurt by the inability to discrimi
nate against e-commerce.
“Under the Gox-Wyden bill, you
simply must treat merchants online
like you treat those offline,” he said
at the press conference. “It is sim
ply about... technology neutrality.”
Also backing ITNDA are corpo
rations such as eBay Inc., the Di
rect Marketing Association, the
Software and Information Industry
Association and others.
In a letter of support, eBay’s Tod
H. Cohen wrote that “imposing
discriminatory taxes on Internet
access and e-commerce is anathe
ma to two fundamental national
goals: Promoting the growth and
development of a 21st century
economy and allowing every
American, especially those with
lower incomes, to participate fully
in the Internet-based economy.”
Dahl agreed with Cohen, saying
it would be a lot harder for her to
shop online if there were added
taxes to her purchase.
“I wouldn’t bother with (shop
ping online),” she said.
The Internet Tax Freedom Act
was also co-authored by Wyden
and Cox, and passed into law in
1998. ITFA prohibits three types
of taxes, which, according to
Wyden, single out the Internet.
The Act prohibits taxes on Inter
net access, double taxation of a
product or service bought over the
Internet by two or more states
and taxes that treat Internet pur
chases differently than other
types of sales.
ITFA was renewed for two years
in November 2001, and will expire
in November. Wyden said in a
press release that the nearing ex
piration of ITFA was the reason for
the introduction of Internet Tax
Non-Discrimination Act.
“This (act) makes sure e-tailers
have an equal shot at success in to
day’s economy, and I believe they
should be protected once and for all
from unfair taxes that threaten
their survival,” he said. “It’s time to
make this ban permanent.”
Contact the reporter
atalishaughnessy@dailyemerald.com.
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Poor People’s Economic Human
Rights Campaign, said Americans
are not talking enough about peo
ple who have lost jobs, such as
farmers, and how industrial com
panies have left the United States.
“Corporate America is taking
control and the American people
are losing opportunities to live in
a democracy,” she said. “We need
to demand that we have some
kind of voice.”
The speakers will present a
slideshow of poor and homeless
people in the United States, and
share first-hand experience of
poverty in their home countries.
“Basically, we want to show
people what they are not seeing
now,” Honkala said. “Mexico used
to be self-sufficient, but now they
can’t even feed themselves.”
Honkala said the group, which
also includes Jose Delores Lopez,
i— -—
a spokesman for the Independent
Center for Agricultural Workers
and Peasants in Mexico, has re
ceived positive responses through
out their tour.
The tour’s stop in Eugene is
sponsored by University’s Multi
cultural Center, Survival Center
and MEChA, as well as Eugene
PeaceWorks and Committee In
Solidarity with the Central Ameri
can People.
“It’s going to be interesting and
heartening to see speakers from
all these countries affected by
NAFTA and hear how their com
munities are trying to turn back
this damaging free-trade agree
ment,” Global Exchange
spokesman David Edeli said.
The event is free and open to the
public. Spanish translation and
childcare will be provided. For
more information, call 485-8633.
Contact the reporter
atromangokhman@dailyemerald.com.
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