Internet tax ban introduced in House

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced legislation to permanently ban state and local taxes on Internet service. Their bill, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act, would also ban multiple and discriminatory taxes on digital items such as e-mails. It would not ban taxes on online sales.

The bill was introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), along with Reps Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Steve Chabot (R-OH).