Administration February 5, 2002

AFP Wants Extension of Tax Moratorium on e-Sales

May 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) has called on Congress to extend the moratorium on new Internet sales taxes until 2005, arguing that the current method of collection places an unfair burden on businesses that sell in multiple states.
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Although the AFP says it recognizes that sales tax is a critical source of revenue for state and local governments, and is supportive of the principle of tax equity, the association charges that the current method is complex, inconsistent and should be reformed.

In comment letters delivered to sponsors of Internet tax legislation, the AFP challenged Congress to:

  • extend the current moratorium through October 21, 2005;
  • encourage state and local governments to simplify and unify their complex sales tax structures;
  • allow states that have simplified, uniform sales tax structures to impose sales taxes on purchases by their residents, regardless of the location of the seller or whether the purchase was made at a store, by telephone, by mail or by the Internet;
  • ensure that compliance with the simplified sales tax structure does not     increase the burden placed on merchants.

– Camilla Klein           editors@plansponsor.com

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