U.S. senators want taxes unique to the net banned

Three U.S. senators have now introduced a bill which aims to place a permanent ban on taxes which are unique on the internet services.

These three senators are Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon, Republican John McCain of Arizona and Republican John Sununu of New Hampshire.

This new bill is called Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act and it was filed on the first day of business for the new U.S. Congress.

This bill is also designed to prohibit states from taxing online purchases if they are not already taxing catalog or phone-based sales.

Wyden said in a statement on this bill: “Why should a product that’s not taxed on the street or taxed in a store be taxed on the Internet? It’s unfair, anticompetitive and would greatly harm one of the booming sectors of our economy.”

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