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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
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>Ronald Barron Yokubaitis A Texas NetWorking, Inc.
>Texas Networking Inc. B TOTAL INTERNET SOLUTIONS
>San Antonio 210-272 8111 5 $9.95 Internet Access
>Austin 512-472 2532 L e-mail info@texas.net
> J http://www.texas.net
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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)
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>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?
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>> David L. Crow http://www.cactus.org/~crow (internet)
>> crow@tivoli.com http://dev.tivoli.com/~crow (intranet)
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>Southwestern Bell Wireless also puts the TIF charge on my cellular bill.
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