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Re: [Fwd: Re: Internet Access Tax] (fwd)



  4/25/96 1:39am ct
  
          So, why hasn't someone with a financial stake in this filed a suit
  against the Comptroller?
  
  Robert
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  At 19:03 4/24/96 -0500, Ronald Barron Yokubaitis wrote:
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  >Irony of Ironies...........ISP's and BBS's are expressly exempted from 
  >the TIF tax assessment in HB 2128, however the Texas Comptoller's office 
  >has an interpretation of this provision that applies the  TIF to ISP's. 
  >
  >So ISP's will begin to collect the TIF tax, under some form of protest, 
  >and pass the money on to the State.
  >
  >I too have seen the TIF tax applied to my LD bill. We have been advised 
  >that an ISP cannot Crarge the customer's account with the TIF tax...BUT 
  >they can add onto the customers bill an amount equal to the TIX tax for 
  >"reimbursement." So the amount that appears on the bills will be for 
  >"reimbursement" and not technically "passing the tax on to the customer."
  >
  >This may sound convoluted, and it is, but you may recall the " Tax 
  >Simplification Act of 1986?" We all assumed that taxes would be simpler 
  >as a result, right? Well even the accountants squealed a lot then about 
  >how complicated tax simplification was. Well we forgot to ask the 
  >question, "tax simplification for whom?" answer: the Government, not us.
  >
  >The citizen in this country pays all taxes one way or theother and the 
  >TIF taxis no different.
  >
  >Now that you know who pays the TIF tax, how do you want YOUR money spent 
  >and by whom?
  >
  >Do you really think the Government  can wisely spend
  >this money better than if it left the money in the hands of the businesses
  >who are rapidly developing Telecommunications throuhgout the State in a 
  >highly competitive market? Really? Do I have a South Texas Nuclear 
  >Project for you.........RonY
  >
  >
  >
  >Ronald Barron Yokubaitis	A	Texas  NetWorking, Inc.
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  >---------- Forwarded message ----------
  >Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 14:08:44 -0500 (CDT)
  >From: Andy Macfarlane <andymac@texas.net>
  >To: Ronald Barron Yokubaitis <rony@texas.net>
  >Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Internet Access Tax] (fwd)
  >
  >
  >
  >---------- Forwarded message ----------
  >Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 20:23:02 -0500
  >From: James Y. Bryce <bryce@bryce.com>
  >To: crow@tivoli.com
  >Cc: Steve Krenek <skrenek@NowTV.com>, texas-isdn@tiug.org
  >Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Internet Access Tax] 
  >
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  >David L. Crow wrote:
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  >> Steve Krenek wrote:
  >> > The bottom line is that the controller's office at a late date added
  *providing
  >> > internet access* to the list of items taxed.  The tax (about 1% of the
  revenue
  >> > from providing internet access) cannot be (directly) passed onto
  customers like
  >> > the sales tax - but ISP's may eventually raise their rates as a result.
  >> 
  >>     AT&T Wireless passes the TIF charge on directly.  Are they treated
  >>   differently?
  >> --
  >>  ---------- Texas!  It's like a whole other country. ----------
  >>   David L. Crow         http://www.cactus.org/~crow (internet)
  >>   crow@tivoli.com       http://dev.tivoli.com/~crow (intranet)
  >
  >
  >Southwestern Bell Wireless also puts the TIF charge on my cellular bill.
  >
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