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[FYI] Internet Tax Proponents Claim Public Support
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- Subject: [FYI] Internet Tax Proponents Claim Public Support
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@t-online.de>
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:11:53 +0200
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Internet Tax Proponents Claim Public Support
By Robert Conlin
E-Commerce Times
December 15, 1999
As the third meeting of the Advisory Commission on Electronic
Commerce (ACEC) wraps up today in San Francisco, California, a group
of brick-and-mortar retailers is claiming that a recent national poll
indicates that more than 60 percent of respondents believe that
online retailers should be subject to the same taxes as their offline
counterparts.
According to the e-Fairness Coalition, 63 percent of the 600 people
polled said that the tax levels should be equal for both types of
businesses, and 71 percent said that they would not change their
shopping habits if existing tax laws were applied to online
retailers.
The coalition did not indicate what percentage of the respondents
have shopped online.
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