# No Taxation on Net Connections

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**Created:** [November 21, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-taxation-on-net-connections/275965 "2004-11-21T18:14:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-taxation-on-net-connections/275965/1 "2004-11-21T18:14:18Z")

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