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Bill Delahunt: “I believe, as others, that it would be very foolish for us to allow the Internet to become encumbered with a patchwork…”

On the recordJune 23, 1998
I believe, as others, that it would be very foolish for us to allow the Internet to become encumbered with a patchwork of duplicative and overlapping taxes. The moratorium provided under the bill before us would ensure instead that policymakers have the opportunity to develop a coherent and uniform policy for the taxation of electronic commerce in the years to come.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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Discussing the importance of a moratorium on taxes related to electronic commerce.

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