ATR
Endorses Permanent Ban on Internet Taxation
Washington — This week, Senator Bob Smith of New Hampshire
introduced legislation designed to impose a permanent moratorium
of taxation on Internet transactions.
"Senator Smith is a true friend of the taxpayer. He fully
understands that a tax on the Internet is a tax on people who use
the Internet," said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for
Tax Reform and a commissioner on the Advisory Committee on
Electronic Commerce.
Senator Smith clearly explained the necessity of his
legislation that an Internet tax is simply another tax on American
consumers. U.S. citizens currently labor under a crushing burden
of taxation that includes taxes on salaries, taxes on capital
gains, taxes on their property – and a true insult – a tax on
their very deaths.
A recent Wall Street Journal article reported that a University
of Chicago economist studied the buying decisions of 25,000
Internet shoppers and found that applying a sales tax to Internet
commerce "would reduce the number of online buyers by 25% and
spending by more than 30%."
"Taxation, like government regulation is pernicious and
creeping. We must begin by drawing a line that tells the forces of
big government that they cannot kill the golden goose for
short-term, short-sighted gains," concluded Norquist.
Americans for Tax Reform is a non-partisan coalition of over
80,000 taxpayers and taxpayer advocacy groups who oppose all tax
increases at the state and federal levels.
