payeco t1_jcmnbx2 wrote on March 17, 2023 at 10:57 PM

Reply to comment by myassholealt in New York lawmakers eye streaming tax, delivery fee by cddotdotslash

Taxes on home internet service are illegal under federal law, FYI.

WikiSummarizerBot t1_jcmndl2 wrote on March 17, 2023 at 10:57 PM

>The 1998 Internet Tax Freedom Act is a United States law authored by Representative Christopher Cox and Senator Ron Wyden, and signed into law as title XI of Pub. L. 105–277 (text) (PDF) on October 21, 1998 by President Bill Clinton in an effort to promote and preserve the commercial, educational, and informational potential of the Internet. The law bars federal, state and local governments from taxing Internet access and from imposing discriminatory Internet-only taxes such as bit taxes, bandwidth taxes, and email taxes. It also bars multiple taxes on electronic commerce.

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pompcaldor t1_jcvoorq wrote on March 19, 2023 at 10:28 PM

The precedent was set with Chicago’s streaming tax, which does not violate federal law.

payeco t1_jcvoyn9 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 10:30 PM

The tax ban is on internet service itself from your ISP, not services you can purchase over the internet. The person I was replying to implied they were being highly taxed by their ISP for their internet service.