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... additional revenue it might receive from Internet sales taxes to cut the state’s income tax. “I want to make clear, should federal Marketplace legislation become law, my intention would be for any resulting additional revenue be used to provide individual income tax relief for Wisconsin’s taxpayers,” he... ...

... same tax. The following documents examine Internet sales taxes and the proposed expansion of state... facts about Internet taxes. Research & Commentary: Internet Sales Taxes http://heartland.org/policy-documents/research-commentary-internet-sales-taxes-0 The Heartland Institute explains... ...

... spending.” Internet Info Additional articles examining Internet sales taxes , the Marketplace Fairness Act and the proposed extension of state taxing powers are available at www.policybot.org . ... ...

... Senior Policy Analyst Matthew Glans examines Internet sales taxes and the proposed extension of state taxing powers and argues that instead of forcing out-of-state businesses to serve as government tax collectors, Congress and state legislators should implement a sales tax system based on where the product... ...

... Heartland Institute’s recent work on Internet sales taxes and additional articles examining Internet sales taxes and the proposed extension of state... and stunt economic growth. Research & Commentary: Internet Sales Taxes http://heartland.org/policy-documents/research-commentary... ...

... Heartland Institute’s recent work on Internet sales taxes are available on PolicyBot, Heartland’s free online research database, at www.policybot.org .... ...

Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell’s proposal to end the state’s gasoline tax and replace it with a higher sales tax, higher vehicle-registration fees, and annual alternative-fuel car surcharge appears headed down a bumpy road. McConnell estimates the state would take in another $3.1 billion over five years, including $1 billion in ...

... formation and reducing wages.” Research & Commentary: Internet Sales Taxes Telecom In the past few years, members of Congress have proposed several bills to expand states’ ability to tax purchases made online and from mail-order catalogs. The Main Street Fairness Act, Marketplace Equity Act , and... ...

... Heartland Institute’s recent work on Internet sales taxes and additional articles examining Internet sales taxes and the proposed extension of state... and stunt economic growth. Research & Commentary: Internet Sales Taxes http://heartland.org/policy-documents/research-commentary... ...

Cloud computing has fundamentally changed how consumers purchase and use software and computing services, by moving many of the functions online. The shift of resources such as email, database, and security services to a cloud infrastructure takes the burden of IT infrastructure off the consumer, saving both time and money. However ...

Chairman Rockefeller, Ranking Member Hutchison, and Members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, thank you for the opportunity to submit written testimony on behalf of Americans for Tax Reform on the issue of remote state sales tax collection and physical presence. Americans for Tax Reform advocates for ...

The rapid growth of online retailing has been accompanied by increasing calls by state and local officials to allow them to capture more sales tax revenue and by brick-and mortar retailers to “level the playing field.” The Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 1832) seeks to capture more tax revenue for states on Internet purchases ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 1992 decision in Quill Corporation v. North Dakota protects out-of-state businesses in the Internet era from overreaching by revenue-hungry states. The Court’s decision prevents a state from forcing an out-of-state business to serve as the state’s sales tax collector if the business has no physical ...

All across the country, legislators and businesses are under increasing pressure to confront issues arising from differences in sales tax collection obligations between traditional “brick-and-mortar” and “remote” retailers. A sales tax authority can only require a business to collect and remit its tax if that business has a legitimate ...

Indiana government officials and the nation’s largest online retailer have reached an agreement to begin collecting Indiana sales tax on Internet purchases. Indiana will become the fourth state to reach such an agreement with Amazon.com, but Gov. Mitch Daniels (D) said he wants federal legislation to address the online sales tax ...

... information on Amazon taxes: Research & Commentary: Internet Sales Taxes http://heartland.org/policy-documents/research-commentary-internet-sales-taxes-0 This Research & Commentary on Internet sales taxes explains how taxing the Internet hurts business and fails to bring in the revenues... ...

... group at this event to discuss Internet sales taxes, also known as the Amazon tax. Yesterday, Congress stepped into the fray by beginning to hold hearings on various Internet sales tax hike proposals. Until now the debate had taken place primarily in the states. The crux of the issue centers on the... ...

With most state lawmakers facing large budget deficits, they have become more aggressive about collecting online sales taxes. And now, Congress is considering blessing a multistate compact that would permit states to impose such taxes on interstate commerce, ending a 15-year long debate. To that end, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL ...

States have been making more serious errors in estimating their revenues during tough economic times, according to a new report by the Pew Center on the States and The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. States Revenue Estimating: Cracks in the Crystal Ball found that in fiscal year 2009 the first of the ongoing ...

... officials were contacted on net neutrality, Internet sales taxes, and cyberinsurance.... ...