Over 70 million U.S. adults log on to access the Internet during a typical day. As public use of the Internet grew from the mid-1990s onward, Internet access became a potential target for state & local taxation. In 1998, Congress imposed a moratorium temporarily preventing state & local governments from imposing new taxes on Internet access. This report determines the scope of the moratorium & its impact, if any, on state & local revenues. It reviewed the moratorium's language, its legislative history, & associated legal issues; examined studies of revenue impact; interviewed people knowledgeable about access services; & collected info. about 8 case study states not intended to be representative of other states. Charts & tables.

Describes proposals to to reduce the size of the Federal tax gap by curtaling tax shelters, closing unintended loopholes, addressing other areas of noncompliance with current tax law, and reforming certain areas of tax expenditures.

This paper set forth internationally agreed principles and standards for the value added tax (VAT) treatment of the most common types of international transactions, with a particular focus on trade in services and intangibles. Its aim is to minimise inconsistencies in the application of VAT in a cross-border context with a view to reducing uncertainty and risks of double taxation and unintended non-taxation in international trade. It also includes the recommended principles and mechanisms to address the challenges for the collection of VAT on crossborder sales of digital products that had been identified in the context of the OECD/G20 Project on Base and Erosion and Profit Shifting (the BEPS Project).