The Direct Marketing Association has challenged a USA Today story stating that Senators had reached a compromise on proposed Internet tax legislation.
The trade group today put out a statement saying that it “had no knowledge” of the alleged deal, and could not comment on it.
USA Today reported today that Senators on both sides of the aisle have agreed to extend a moratorium on new Internet taxes until 2006 but “leave the door open to increased collection” of existing sales taxes by catalogers and online marketers.
However, the DMA denied this, saying that “Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and their staffs have assured us that there has been no compromise on Internet tax legislation.”
The story continued that, under the deal, “states would have five years to simplify their sales tax-collection systems,” and that they would have to agree on “one national sales tax rate or one rate per state.” The paper added that the Bush administration supports the plan. The Direct Marketing Association has challenged a USA Today story stating that Senators had reached a compromise on proposed Internet tax legislation.
The trade group today put out a statement saying that it “had no knowledge” of the alleged deal, and could not comment on it.
USA Today reported today that Senators on both sides of the aisle have agreed to extend a moratorium on new Internet taxes until 2006 but “leave the door open to increased collection” of existing sales taxes by catalogers and online marketers.
However, the DMA denied this, saying that “Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and their staffs have assured us that there has been no compromise on Internet tax legislation.”
The story continued that, under the deal, “states would have five years to simplify their sales tax-collection systems,” and that they would have to agree on “one national sales tax rate or one rate per state.” The paper added that the Bush administration supports the plan.
The DMA feels that Congress must require the states to significantly simplify the nation’s 7,600 varying sales tax rates before it forces distance sellers to collect sales tax.
The DMA feels that Congress must require the states to significantly simplify the nation’s 7,600 varying sales tax rates before it forces distance sellers to collect sales tax.
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