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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,
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For Immediate Release
July 23, 1999
Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce
Historic
First Meeting Transcripts Posted
WHAT: The Advisory Commission on Electronic
Commerce, a Federal commission charged with debating the
controversial issue of Internet taxation, held its historic
first meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia on June 21 and 22,
1999 at the College of William and Mary. Following its
administrative meeting on the 21st, the 19-member panel met
the next day to individually address the committee with
three-minute summations of their respective views, in accord
with the commission agenda. Several guest speakers provided
presentations, including:
- Donald Abelson from the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative, "Duty-Free Cyberspace: What It Means, Why It
Is Important"
- Dr. William Fox of the University of Tennessee, "Sales
Taxes as Revenue Sources and Cyber Economy"
- Dr. Austin Goolsbee of the University of Chicago School
of Business, "The Impact of Taxation on Internet Sales"
- Walter Hellerstein, J.D., of the University of Georgia
School of Law, "The Law of Sales Taxes in a Cyber Economy"
- Charles McClure, Hoover Institute, "Achieving Neutrality
between Electronic and Non-Electronic Commerce"
- Peter Merrill, PricewaterhouseCoopers, "Taxing
E-Commerce in a Global Economy: Old Issues, New Media, New
Opportunities"
These presentations, as well as the transcripts from the
meeting, are now available to the public and media on the
commission web site.
WHERE:
http://www.ecommercecommission.org/press.htm
MEDIA CONTACT:
ABOUT THE COMMISSION: Created by Congress in October
1998 as part of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, the 19-member
Commission, has been charged with studying the impact of
federal, state, local, and international taxation and tariffs
on transactions using the Internet and Internet access.
Central to the examination of these issues is the fact that
the Internet knows no geographical boundaries, and, by its
very nature, violates those geographical boundaries that
hinder other forms of commerce. The commission is also
expected to analyze the implications for personal privacy
implicit in the taxation of Internet purchases.
Recommendations are due in to Congress no later than April 21,
2000.
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