US Senate extends net tax moratorium

Carl Hulse reports in the New York Times that "The Senate agreed Thursday [yesterday] to extend a ban on taxes on Internet access for another four years... Under the bill, which must still be reconciled with a much broader tax moratorium already approved by the House, no new taxes would be allowed on high-speed Internet access through Nov. 1, 2007. A few states that have already imposed them would, however, be able to retain them for now. In an important concession to its opponents, the bill does not extend the tax ban to any traditional phone service conducted via the Internet..."