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Will E-Commerce Be The Death of Sales Taxes?

Everyone is speculating what the internet sales tax advisory panel will report to Congress in April. Hal Varian, dean of the School of Information Management and Systems at U.C.-Berkeley, has an interesting perspective: Why not eliminate sales taxes all together and replace them with increased state income taxes? Not just an ideological position, he explains the business probabilities, together with the political realities, that make this option a viable one. Read about it here, before you hear this idea spouted on the campaign trail as a news bite.

Thu, 16 Mar 2000 07:42:39 -0800

Submitted by: Charlene Kingston