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Re: Interstate Commerce Seven states that were already taxing internet access
were grandfathered in 1998. Texas was on of these.
There has never been a federal ban on internet access
taxes. Only a ban on new internet access taxes.
I think that in Texas it only applies to the monthly
amount over $21.95.
Note; I notice that not all ISP's are collecting the tax. |
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 gmcintireGrahamPremium
join:2005-08-09
Blue Ridge, TX | said by John104:I think that in Texas it only applies to the monthly amount over $21.95. The first $25 is non-taxable:
»www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/t···internet
I run a WISP and charge my customers sales tax, but it's integrated in the cost they pay and not charged on top. |
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JSM88
join:2000-12-20
Falls Church, VA | reply to John104
the '98 grandfather only applied to dial-up access - this was the clearly stated legislative intent, and the reason for allowing the grandfather. A number of states, including tx, have read it as grandfathering any kind of access tax, and other states have used the grandfather to say that if they taxed ANY kind of telecom sales prior to '98 that they can now apply that tax to Internet access. State legislatures will tax anything that involves two pennies rubbing together and frequently do. |
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