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This 4-page paper, based around a hypothetical situation of possible Internet taxation in California, discusses the pros and cons of such taxation, and provides a recommendation, based on research, as to whether such taxation is merited. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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should be taxed in your state. Its the students job to determine, based on research, what the answer to this question should be.
Given the literature available on the topic, this is not an easy black-and-white question to answer. The Internet is becoming an astounding source of revenue - according to statistics
from the US Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce, Internet commerce has increased exponentially (Horn, 2003). But on the other hand, e-commerce and the Internet raises a variety of
tax issues, not only in terms of domestic issues but international issues as well (Horn, 2003). While most countries do have in place a system of tax laws and regulations
governing the taxing of goods and services, electronic commerce does not (Horn, 2003). Furthermore, some experts point to the fact that not requiring Internet-based merchants to pay sales and use
taxes provides an advantage to them over the bricks-and-mortars merchants (Horn, 2003). This inequity, according to Peter Horn, "could have a profound negative impact on not only retailers but local
communities because it risks governments ability to collect the revenue needed for education, police, and other essential services, and could lead to increases in property or income taxes" (Horn, 2003,
p. 331). This is one reason why state governments have been lobbying Congress for years to pass Internet sales legislation (Krol, 2003). One study, in fact, based on Forrester Research
Inc. data, estimated that that uncollected state sales tax from e-commerce amounted to $13 billion in 2001 and this total would increase to $45 billion in 2006. Although critics have
accused the study of overestimating projections, there is little doubt that states are losing out on revenue from this retail source. When
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