Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce Posts Proposals on Web Site 11/12/99

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For Immediate Release
November 12, 1999

Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce
Posts Proposals on Web Site
Commission Receives Plans Addressing Internet Taxation

Arlington, Virginia — November 12, 1999 — The Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce is releasing proposals it has received on the subject of Internet taxation. The proposals are available on the Commission’s Internet Web site at www.ecommercecommission.org.

Received in response to an invitation the Commission issued last month, interested parties submitted proposals related to state and local taxation of Internet transactions and electronic commerce. The deadline for receipt of proposals is Monday, November 15.

The Commission is expected to ask that some proposals be formally presented at its meeting in San Francisco, December 14-15.

Details about the Commission’s San Francisco meeting are also posted on the Web site, along with a registration form. The meeting will take place December 14, from 1 p.m. to 5:30 and December 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Colonial Room of the Westin St. Francis Hotel, 335 Powell Street, in San Francisco.

About the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce

Appointed by Congress in October 1998 as part of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, the 19-member Commission has been tasked with studying the impact of federal, state, local and international taxation and tariffs on transactions using the Internet and Internet access. The Commission’s recommendations are due to Congress next April. The Commission met in Williamsburg, Virginia, in June and New York City in September. Its final meeting will be March 20-21 in Dallas.

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