Dallas, TX– Today the federal Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce passed an Internet Tax resolution that includes many items that will help lower taxes and protect taxpayers.
Grover Norquist, a member of the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce and president of Americans for Tax Reform, issued the following statement on the plan that was adopted by the ACEC:
"The ACEC\’s vote on the proposed Internet tax plan is a tremendous victory for taxpayers. The report filed by the ACEC is taxpayer friendly and includes the following policy proposals:
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Eliminating the federal 3% excise tax on telecommunications
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Making permanent the current moratorium on Internet access taxes
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Making digital goods and their physical equivalents free of sales and use taxes
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Ending the discriminatory taxation of telecommunications property and services
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Defining clear physical presence standards for the imposition of state and local income and business activity taxes
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Simplifying state and local telecommunications taxes
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Simplifying state sales tax systems
"In short, the ACEC passed an anti-tax resolution that protects taxpayers and the Internet."