House Subcommittee Approves Permanent Ban on Internet Taxes

A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee voted to make permanent a ban on Internet-specific taxes, shrugging off attempts to link it with a more controversial effort to allow online sales taxes. The Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law passed a measure by voice vote that would make permanent a ban on "multiple and discriminatory" taxes on Internet access fees and online traffic due to expire in November.