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Net-Access Tax Ban Extended

Bush signs a 7-year extension on moratorium set to expire tomorrow

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 31, 2007 5:17 PM CDT

(Newser) – President Bush today signed a seven-year extension for a bill that bans taxes on internet access, the AP reports. The ban was first approved in 1998, has been renewed twice since, and was to expire tomorrow. Both houses of Congress supported a permanent ban, but worries over the bill's effect on state and local governments forced a compromise.

The bill also contains language that prevents state and local governments from taxing email or instant-messaging services "that are provided independently or not packaged with Internet access," the AP reports. The provision exempts some states that passed taxes before the original ban was signed into law.

President Bush signs the Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Behind the president, from left are,  Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah,  Rep....
President Bush signs the Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Behind the president, from left are, Rep. Bob...   (Associated Press)
President Bush signs the Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
President Bush signs the Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act of 2007, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)   (Associated Press)
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