It's a bit of a circular conversation about what came first, the chicken or the egg...
Let's just leave it as follows:- States Tax Telecom Services.... There was a debate about Internet being a Telecom Service... Some States specifically Taxed Internet Services.. (This fight took place during the time when folks thought internet was Compusource and AOL) At Some point in time Feds decided Internet was not Telecom Service.. Some States after watching the other states collect taxes on the internet decided to start taxing internet. At some point Feds decided to keep Internet Tax Free States started to get picky about what is Internet and what is a communication pipe, cause a lot of them re-did their definitions of what is taxable Here the ILECs were getting a free ride, while ISP's were getting screwed... (e.g. State of Florida change their definitions where two tin cans tied with a string would be considered a Communication Service and be subject to taxes) Feds finally updated ITFA and clarified that ITFA includes internet and any 'pipe' carrying internet service to be tax exempt. During all this time ITFA was an exemption for a certain period of time, at every term end, it kept getting kicked down the road... SO... FINALLY it is nice to see this becoming PERMANENT ! So how you view where your State falls in this timeline of things, is up to you .... As they say, Beauty is in the eyes of the Beholder ! ... .Heading back to the pool so that I can continue working on my Florida Sunshine Tan ! LOL ! Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > From: "Adam Moffett" <dmmoff...@gmail.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 3:45:16 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] No State or Local Taxes > I don't know about Ohio. New York doesn't have sales tax on any services, > except > for specific exceptions. There has never been a tax on internet access > here....but for example there has always been a tax on VOIP because phone > service is one of the specific exceptions. > It's certainly not a kindness. New York gets their money. You pay them more > than > you pay the feds. > On 2/11/2016 3:35 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: >> I hope that you two realize that the reason you don't have Tax on Internet in >> your State is because of ITNA, and it is not some other act of kindness by >> your >> State's Tax Authority ! >> Faisal Imtiaz >> Snappy Internet & Telecom >> 7266 SW 48 Street >> Miami, FL 33155 >> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 >> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net >>> From: "Adam Moffett" <dmmoff...@gmail.com> >>> To: af@afmug.com >>> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 3:21:49 PM >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] No State or Local Taxes >>> Same in NY. >>> On 2/11/2016 3:06 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: >>>> Ohio residents don't have sales tax on Internet. We don't care. >>>> Though I feel like the telco/cableco will probably increase BS fees and >>>> remove >>>> the sales tax to increase revenue. Customers will just be happy to be >>>> paying a >>>> smaller monthly amount. >>>> Josh Luthman >>>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>>> 1100 Wayne St >>>> Suite 1337 >>>> Troy, OH 45373 >>>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Travis Johnson < t...@ida.net > wrote: >>>>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/congress-likely-to-give-final-ok-to-local-internet-tax-ban/2016/02/11/7f987e5c-d09b-11e5-90d3-34c2c42653ac_story.html >>>>> Finally some good news for the ISP's in the country!! >>>>> Travis
