Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 09:13:13 -0700 (MST) From: ######@aztec.asu.edu Subject: [az_american_atheists] more proposed internet taxes To: atheist_libertarians@egroups.com, azsecularhumanists%egroups.comhsgp@egroups.com, az_american_atheists@yahoogroups.com Reply-To: az_american_atheists@yahoogroups.com
sorry if i misspelled any words wrong when typing this up, but i hope you all bitch and complain about these propopsed taxes.
Arizona Republic
Thursday, March 8, 2001
Page A16
Ventura backs push by states for Internet tax
Minn. faces loss of $200 mil in '03
Associated Press
St. Pual, Minn. - Minnusota took its first concerte step this week toware joining a coalition of states hoping to tax Internet sales, an idea Gov. Jesse Ventura endorsed Wednesday.
House and Senate lawmakers introduced bills to include Minnesota in the Streamlined Sales Tax Project, which aims to get all states on the same page in classifying taxable items and set criteria for capturing Internet sales taxes.
So far, two states - Wyoming and Utah - are on board and legislatures in at least 20 others are considering it.
Minnesota stands to lose $220 million in 2003 from e-commererce sales, according to a University of Tennessee study embraced by the Ventura administration.
Ventura said he supports taxing Internet sales, but not Web access. He said it's unfair that Minnesota businesses must charge sales tax from bricks-and-mortar stores while their competiors can avoid them by reaching cunsumers online.
Not all Internet sales are tax-free. If a Minnesota company sells a product over the Internet to a customer within the state, the item is taxable said Revenue Commissioner Matt Smith. There are other limited cases in which Minnesota can demand sales taxes.
-- "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty " Thomas Jefferson
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