
Chairman
The Honorable James S. Gilmore,
III Governor Commonwealth of Virginia
Members
Mr. Dean F. Andal Chairman California Board of
Equalization
Mr. C. Michael Armstrong Chairman and
CEO, AT&T
Mr. Joseph H. Guttentag Senior Advisor to the Assistant
Secretary for Tax Policy U.S. Department of the
Treasury
The Honorable Paul C. Harris Sr. Delegate Virginia House
of Delegates
The Honorable Delna Jones Commissioner Washington
County, Oregon
The Honorable Ron Kirk Mayor City of Dallas
The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt Governor State of
Utah
Mr. Gene N. Lebrun President (1997-1999) National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
The Honorable Gary Locke Governor State of
Washington
Mr. Grover Norquist President Americans for Tax
Reform
Mr. Robert Novick General Counsel U.S. Trade
Representative
Mr. Richard Parsons President Time Warner, Inc.
Mr. Andrew Pincus General Counsel U.S. Department of
Commerce
Mr. Robert Pittman President & Chief Operating
Officer America Online
Mr. David Pottruck President & co-Chief Executive
Officer Charles Schwab and Company
Mr. John W. Sidgmore Vice Chairman MCI WorldCom and
Chairman UUNET
Mr. Stanley Sokul Independent Consultant Association
for Interactive Media
Mr. Theodore Waitt Chairman Gateway,
Inc. |
MEDIA CONTACT:
For Immediate Release
Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce Invites
Public Participation in Internet Tax Debate
August 12, 1999-Fairfax, VA-The Advisory Commission on
Electronic Commerce today issued a formal invitation to the
public to participate in the Internet taxation debate. The
Commission is asking interested parties to submit written
comments with respect to the Commission's mission.
"The Commission wants to ensure that all positions are
represented and considered in the discussions," said Governor
James S. Gilmore III, chairman of the Advisory Commission on
Electronic Commerce. "On such an important issue, it is
imperative that the Commission is aware of the broad range of
concerns."
Submissions should follow the following
guidelines:
- All written comments and accompanying exhibits must be
typed, double-spaced.
- Send one version of written comments electronically
to:
comments@ecommercecommission.org.
Send thirty (30) hard copies of all written comments to the
address below.
- Comments must contain name, address, phone number,
e-mail address (if available), and the capacity of the
person submitting comments, as well as the names of any
clients, persons, or organizations for which the comments
are submitted.
- For those comments exceeding two pages in length, an
executive summary, not to exceed two pages in length, must
accompany the submission.
Interested parties should send submissions to:
Advisory Commission on Electronic
Commerce 3401 North Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA
22201-4498
The Commission was established by Public Law 105-277 to
conduct a thorough study of federal, state, local, and
international taxation and tariff treatment of transactions
using the Internet and Internet access and other comparable
intrastate, interstate, or international sales activities.
The Commission may study the following issues:
- Barriers imposed in foreign markets on U.S. property,
goods, services, or information engaged in E-commerce and on
United States providers of telecommunications services
- How the imposition of such barriers affects U.S.
consumers, the competitiveness of U.S. businesses in foreign
markets and growth of the Internet
- The collection and administration of consumption taxes
on E-commerce in the U.S. and abroad, the impact this has on
the global economy and the relationship between the
collection and administration of such taxes when using the
Internet or not using the Internet
- The impact of the Internet access (particularly voice
transmission) on the revenue base for taxes imposed under
section 4251 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
- Model state legislation that:
- Provides uniform definitions of categories or
property, goods, service, or information subject to or
exempt from sales and use taxes
- Ensures that Internet access services, online
services, and communications and transactions using the
Internet, Internet access service, or online services are
treated in a tax and technology neutral manner relative to
other forms of remote sales
- The effects of taxation (or absence of) on all
interstate sales transactions, including those using the
Internet, on retail businesses and on state and local
governments. This examination may include a review of
purchases from out-of-state sellers, and
- The ways to simplify federal, state, and local taxes
imposed on the provision of telecommunications services
The deadline for receipt of documents to be available at
the Commission's September 14-15 meeting is September 1, 1999.
All other comments should be submitted no later than November
15, 1999. For further information, please contact the
Commission at (703) 993-8049.
About the Commission Appointed by Congress in
October 1998 as part of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, the
19-member Commission has been tasked with studying the impact
of federal, state, local, and international taxation and
tariffs on transactions using the Internet and Internet
access. The Commission's recommendations are due in to
Congress no later than April 21, 2000.
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Drive Telephone: (703) 993-8049 · Facsimile: (703)
993-8250 |