Current Law
Summary of the Internet Tax Freedom Act
The Internet Tax Freedom Act is based on a simple principle:Information should not be taxed. Given the pace of the Internet’sgrowth — the U.S. Commerce Department recently told us thatthe number of Internet users and the number of web pages are doublingevery 100 days — protecting the Internet, and the informationand commerce exchanged over the Internet, from special and discriminatorytaxation on a national basis will prove a further stimulus tothe continued technological and commercial development of thisdynamic new medium.The Internet Tax Freedom Act is needed not just to give theInternet room and time to grow, but also because the Internetis…
