No Taxation on Net Connections

[Duckster]

WASHINGTON – Congress on Friday blocked state and local governments from taxing connections that link consumers to the internet for the next three years.

The bill, passed by voice vote and sent to the president for his signature, blocks taxation of all types of internet connections, from traditional dial-up services to high-speed broadband lines.

States that had started taxing internet access before the first ban, enacted in 1998, can continue collecting those fees. States that tax speedy DSL lines must start phasing out the levies. The tax moratorium ends in November 2007.

Source: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65776,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7

I’m betting my state will continue to collect the tax.