Marketplace Fairness Act

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee Wednesday marked up a bill that would permanently ban local and state Internet taxes. The bill, known as the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, would extend and make permanent a similar ban dating from 1998 that had been extended three times and was due to...

The Marketplace Fairness Act, AKA the new legislation that will require states to collect sales tax from items purchased online, is likely to clear the Senate when the final vote is conducted next month. It is not yet clear if it will do the same in the House, however, where many conservative...

The (largely ceremonial) budget passed by the U.S. Senate Saturday included an amendment giving states more authority to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. The sales tax amendment, according to Hispanic Business, was really designed to test support for the "Marketplace Fairness Act," a...