Media Advisory - New Coalition of Consumers, Taxpayers and Free Market Groups to join with House Budget Chairman Kasich in Unveiling Plan to Fight Taxes Online,


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Media Advisory New Coalition of Consumers, Taxpayers and Free Market Groups to join with House Budget Chairman Kasich in Unveiling Plan to Fight Taxes Online, Tear Down Government Barriers to Net Access Released by Staff on 11/10/99 of e-Freedom Coalition	Press Releases by Release Date by Organization Media Advisories by Release Date by Organization Opinions/Editorial by Release Date by Organization All Press Releases/ Editorial/ Media Advisories by Release Date by Organization
Formal Proposal to Federal Advisory Commission on E-Commerce Who: House Budget Committee Chairman John Kasich (R-OH) Representatives of the E-Freedom Coalition Heritage Foundation, Competitive Enterprise Institute, National Taxpayers Union, Americans for Tax Reform, Citizens for a Sound Economy, Progress and Freedom Foundation, Consumer Alert, and other groups Commissioner(s) on the federal Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce What: News conference unveiling formal proposal to the federal Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce and announcing a nationwide educational campaign alerting Americans to the dangers of new tax collection schemes online. The proposal offers a low-tax plan for dealing with Internet tax and regulatory issues, and tearing down barriers to access. Rep. John Kasich will discuss his plans for fighting taxes online. When: Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999, 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM (prompt) Where: First Amendment Lounge, National Press Club 529 14th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20045 Background: The Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce is the panel created by Congress to study issues related to Internet taxation. Whether and how to tax electronic commerce has emerged as an increasingly controversial issue as time runs out on the federal moratorium on special e-commerce taxes. Several groups representing state and local politicians are readying their own proposal that would tax virtually all products sold on-line, soaking cyberspace with a new tax collection scheme and threatening the Internet's growth and its associated economic benefits. The e-Freedom coalition will present a low-tax approach to the Internet that tears down government-imposed barriers to Net access, and will keep taxes for online purchases low.