Americans will pay less in Internet, mobile and local telephone taxes in the future, according to multiple proposals approved by U.S. Senate committees Wednesday.
One set of tax changes comes from the Senate Committee on Finance, where Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, won approval of legislation that would rescind a 3 percent telecommunications tax on local phone calls that dates back to the Spanish-American War. A congressional tax committee and the Internal Revenue Service have proposed extending that tax to the Internet.
Another set came from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, which is considering a series of amendments during its efforts to rewrite federal telecommunications laws. It adopted amendments–opposed by some Democrats–that would restrict Internet access taxes and cellular phone taxes.
“If we allow state or local governments to impose these discriminatory, harmful taxes on the Internet, it will clearly destroy and limit the opportunities for tens of millions of our citizens,” said Sen. George Allen, a Virginia Republican.
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I’ll believe it when I see it.
This is great too bad by the time they take away p2p there will be nothing left to do with the internet.