Senate Votes For Internet Tax Ban

[jeffrey]

The Senate, breaking months of deadlock, overwhelmingly agreed Thursday to renew a ban on Internet access taxes for four years. The Senate voted 93-3 to prevent state and local governments from taxing Internet service but preserve some existing taxes.

A five-year moratorium on dial-up Internet access taxes expired late last year after lawmakers locked horns over whether to make it temporary or permanent and whether it should apply to phone-based broadband DSL lines... [read more at usatoday.com]