Taxes on the Internet?

Today, surfing the web came across one very interesting news ... It turns out that on the eve of the crisis, the authorities of various countries are going to impose social taxes on online purchases. First came under the knife of the corporation Amazon - the state of New York require payment of transport taxes, despite the fact that the products that are sold through this site are delivered worldwide. But so far nothing has come of it.

In this way, the authorities plan to replenish the budget with at least $ 3 billion, which is a few percent of the total turnover of goods and services on the Web. In recent years, this area of ​​activity has been constantly expanding and increasing its volume - for example, in 2007, the total value of everything that was sold via the Internet was $ 175 billion, and in 2008 - already $ 205 billion.

Experts believe that the initiative of the state will be wasted - some states have already officially refused to follow these recommendations, having calculated how much control activities and court proceedings will cost them ...
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Actually, I am interested in the opinion of the community. What do you think about that? Yes, while there is really nothing to fear, but in the future there will be similar attempts to introduce Internet taxes, and we will know what happens. So we stock up on popcorn and watch the events.