Followup on Internet Taxes

The Senate has spoken, voting by a huge majority for the McCain bill that only extends the Internet tax moratorium for 4 years, rather than permanently as proposed by Senators Allen and Wyden. Another difference between the two is that the McCain bill allows states that were already taxing Internet access to continue to do so, while Allen/Wyden's would have changed that.

The bill passed by the House of Representatives last September imposed a permanent ban on such taxes and ended the grandfather clause. Now we'll see what happens as the two branches of Congress attempt to come to a compromise.