Domenech at Ricochet: Republicans Should Fight the Democrats’ iTunes Tax
[First published at Ricochet.] Republicans and Democrats agree: you’re not paying enough taxes. And they have a way to make sure you pay more: taxing all those songs you buy on the internet. A wave of...
View ArticleThe Folly of the Online Marketplace Fairness Act
[First published at Reason.] As many states struggle to solve the debt problems they created, in large part by their own fiscal irresponsibility and short-sightedness, they are looking ever more...
View ArticleOnline Tax Testimony Derails Over Witness’s Embarrassing Admission
Tax Foundation Vice President Joseph Henchman always does a great job reporting from the tax front, and today was no exception. Here’s his synopsis of last week’s U.S. Senate hearing on the effort to...
View ArticleNeither Fair nor Equitable: The Marketplace Fairness Act
In the past few years, members of Congress have proposed several bills to expand states’ ability to tax purchases made online and from mail-order catalogs. Yesterday, U.S. Sens. Mike Enzi (R-WY), Dick...
View ArticleConservatives Oppose Marketplace Fairness Act
Last week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid successfully pushed to the Senate floor a major online tax bill originally titled the Marketplace Fairness Act, bypassing the committee process. The...
View ArticleIt’s Really, Really Time to Ban Internet Discrimination Forever
Once again the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act has been introduced in the House of Representatives, this time because the last temporary extension, passed in December, will expire on October 1. The...
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