Sen Wyden: Title II Net Neutrality won’t lead to new taxes

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) is pushing back against analysis alleging that tough rules on Internet service companies will lead to new billions of dollars’ worth of new taxes.

“The Internet Tax Freedom Act will protect the Internet from taxes regardless of how the [Federal Communications Commission] defines Internet access,” he wrote. That law, which was reauthorized as part of the government funding bill that recently went through Congress, prevents state and local governments from enacting new taxes for access to the Internet.