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DATE:04-04-03
SUBJECT:Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act - No s---, Sherlock!

The Internet 800 Directory - http://www.inter800.com
The Internet 800 Directory Newsletter
This issue is for Friday, April 04, 2003
Table of Contents
01. Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act
02. No s---, Sherlock!
03. Tip Of The Week
*01 Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act

I know I have covered this subject in previous newsletters, but for those companies that transact business online this is a very important subject. In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed a previous ruling that the nation’s 7,600 tax jurisdictions could not impose sales tax collection burdens on out-of-state sellers if the seller has no “nexus,” or physical presence, in the taxing jurisdiction. “Internet Tax Freedom Act”, bans the 7500-plus taxing jurisdictions in the United States from creating taxes unique to the Internet.

This doesn't make the Internet a tax-free zone, it only requires states, cities, and other jurisdictions with tax authority to treat e-commerce the same way they treat other non-local sales, such as catalog and telephone sales. “The Internet Tax Freedom Act” simply applies the Supreme Court rulings to Internet sales. Extending the “The Internet Tax Freedom Act” indefinitely will protect consumers by making sure online sellers are to be treated equally with other businesses.

This week, more than 100 members of Congress have signed on to make permanent a moratorium against levying taxes on the Internet that aren't levied elsewhere.

The tax moratorium, in effect since 1998, will expire on November 1 2003. The bill to make this permanent has received letters of support from EBay, the Direct Marketing Association, the Software and Information Industry Association, the U.S. Internet Industry Association, and others.

Please express your point of view, e-mail is easy to send.
http://www.senate.gov/
http://www.house.gov/

If you have any thoughts or ideas you would like to share, please send them to Chuck Arning at chuck@inter800.com
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*02 No s---, Sherlock!

Although this information comes from my Democrat wife, I contend that whatever party is in power will produce the same type of bureaucratic nonsense. Briefly, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has launched a website (http://Ready.gov) to help us with responding to terrorist attacks. Among the more salient points, quoted from the site by the democratic Leadership Council's Update, are:

  • To avoid breathing dangerous chemicals, cover your nose and mouth with enough cloth to filter the air but "still allow breathing."
  • In the event of a nuclear detonation one should "quickly assess the situation."
  • In the event of a radiation threat, public health officials "may or may not advise you to take potassium iodide," which "may or may not protect your thyroid gland."
  • An emergency first aid kit should contain such items as activated charcoal, laxatives, and a "tube of petroleum jelly or other lubricant." This unexplained advice is reminiscent of the famous scene in the movie Dr. Strangelove when the pilot of the plane about to accidentally launch a nuclear Armageddon assesses the crew's emergency kit as what you'd need for "a good weekend in Vegas."
  • In what is sure to become a favorite of late-night joke writers, the site suggests stockpiling plastic garbage bags and ties for "personal sanitation," an unsavory necessity previously contemplated only by astronauts and those who choose to travel long distances in hot air balloons.

I have sent in another time-honored tip for publication in their "If There is a Nuclear Blast" section: If there is a discernable nuclear blast, bend over and kiss you're a.. goodbye.

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Tip of the Week

Internet Browsers Tips

While typing the URL there is no need to type (http://). Just type the domain name; both Netscape and Explorer will add http:// automatically when you start typing.
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Create a shortcut to an Internet site by simply dragging and dropping the link directly onto your desktop.
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Access a website simply by using the Run feature from the Start menu. To do this:
1-Click the Start button
2-Click Run
3-Type the URL (For example, http://www.inter800.com)
4-Click OK
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If you are using Internet Explorer, you can open your browser in the kiosk mode. This will fill your screen and not have any toolbar buttons or menu bars. To try this:
1-Click the Start button
2-Click Run
3-Type iexplore -k http://inter800.com
4-Click OK

Substitute the URL of the page you want to go to in place of http://inter800.com

To quit Internet Explorer when it is running in Kiosk mode, press ALT+F4.

If you have any tips or shortcuts that you think the readers of this Newsletter will find useful, send them to sjackson@inter800.com
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