More VoIP Legislation To Stop States From Going Tax Crazy

from the where's-the-FCC dept

While the FCC continues to take its sweet time figuring out issues concerning VoIP regulation, various states (and now even the IRS) continue to try to squeeze the new technology for as many taxes as they can -- potentially slowing down the rollout of this new technology. Politicians in Congress appear to be hearing enough about this that they're practically shoving each other aside to move all "advanced internet communications services" out of the regulatory grips of state governments and giving all the control to the FCC. While getting it away from state governments (whose only goal appears to be raising the amount of taxes they can bring in, with no concern to the impact of raising taxes on new technologies) is a good thing, it's not clear that the FCC will be all that helpful either. It certainly raises a question about why VoIP should be regulated at all if it's just an application on the internet?