Internet Tax
A tax on internet access sounds like an errosion of first ammendment rights to me. It's as bad a TV licenses in the UK, but a least in the UK there is no tax (VAT) on books, Newspapers and Magazines.
US ban on internet access tax gets seven year extension
A ban on taxing internet access and email will almost certainly become law in the US. Both houses of Congress have approved an extension to the existing law, and President George Bush is expected to sign the bill within days. A ban on taxing internet and email provision was first passed in the US in 1998 and has been extended …
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Thursday 1st November 2007 14:35 GMT Richard Thomas
MMO Tax
It's also worth noting that in the UK you have to pay VAT on subscriptions to games such as World of Worcraft, PlanetSide, Star Wars Galaxies, and their ilk. Even though the servers you choose to play on may be based in the US, the fact that your IP is in the UK automatically means having to pay tax on the subscription fee.
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Thursday 1st November 2007 16:36 GMT Ted Treen
Oh perlease.......
Let's not give Fatty Broon any more ideas for new taxes...
Doesn't the bastard screw us for enough already?
I might complain a little less if I could actually see any benefit - either personal or national - for it.
But there is nothing other than the slow decaying of our once good country.
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Friday 2nd November 2007 10:05 GMT The Sceptic
Just as well the US didn't invent the alphabet
Why are these people being seen to be doing us a favor by not taxing the internet?
Another fine example of how desperate the US economy is if they are becoming so eager to tax anything that people rely on. I would be interested to see how other governments handle this as its another fine example of how maybe China ain't so bad.
It is often joked about how if Microsoft invented the alphabet then we couldn't afford to read - now I know why, the US government would tax it!
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Biting the hand that feeds IT
