[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 44183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20941]
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ADVISORY COMMISSION ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Requests for Written Comment
The Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce (the Commission) was
established by Pub. L. 105-277 to conduct a thorough study of federal,
state, local and international taxation and tariff treatment of
transactions using the Internet and Internet access and other
comparable intrastate, interstate or international sales activities.
The Commission is to report its findings and recommendations to the
Congress no later than April 21, 2000. Notice is hereby given that the
Commission requests the submission of written comments from interested
persons or organizations with respect to its mandates. These comments
must be prepared in conformity with the guidelines set out below.
Potential contributors should be aware of two deadlines. The deadline
for receipt of documents to be available to the Commission for its
September 14-15 meeting is September 1, 1999. Other submissions should
be received as soon as possible, but no later than November 15, 1999.
The Commission's Web site, www.ecommercecommission.org, will contain
the latest information about meeting agendas and any written submission
guideline updates.
The Commission may study the following issues:
Barriers imposed in foreign markets on U.S. property,
goods, services or information engaged in E-commerce and on United
States providers of telecommunications services;
How the imposition of such barriers affects U.S.
consumers, the competitiveness of U.S. businesses in foreign markets
and the growth of the Internet;
The collection and administration of consumption taxes on
E-Commerce in the U.S. and abroad, the impact this has on the global
economy and the relationship between the collection and administration
of such taxes when using the Internet or not using the Internet;
The impact of the Internet and Internet access
(particularly voice transmission) on the revenue base for taxes imposed
under section 4251 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
Model state legislation that:
1. Provides uniform definitions of categories of property, goods,
service or information subject to or exempt from sales and use taxes;
2. Ensures that Internet access services, online services, and
communications and transactions using Internet, Internet access
service, or online services are treated in a tax and technology neutral
manner relative to other forms of remote sales;
The effects of taxation (or absence of ) on all interstate
sales transactions, including those using the Internet, on retail
businesses and on state and local governments. This examination may
include a review of purchases from out-of-state sellers; and
The ways to simplify federal, state and local taxes
imposed on the provision of telecommunications services.
The Commission Must Adhere to These Other Parameters
The Commission is not authorized to examine any fees or
charges imposed by the Federal Communications Commission or states
related to the following:
1. Obligations under the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151
et seq.);
2. The implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (or
amendments made by the Act);
The Commission ``shall, to the extent possible, ensure
that its work does not undermine the efforts of the National Tax
Association Communications and Electronic Commerce Tax Project.''
Written Submissions
Interested persons are invited to provide comments in writing to
the Commission. Written comments should be related to the Commission's
mandate. All those persons submitting comments should be aware that
such comments will be available for public inspection. The following
guidelines should be followed for written comments that will be
considered by the Commission:
All written comments and any accompanying exhibits must be
typed in double-space.
One version of all written comments should be sent
electronically to comments@ecommercecommission.org. Thirty (30) hard
copies of all written comments should be sent to: Advisory Commission
on Electronic Commerce, 3401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201-
4498.
Comments must contain the name, address, phone number and
e-mail address (if available) and capacity of the person submitting the
comments, as well as the names of any clients or persons or
organizations for which the comments are submitted.
For those comments exceeding two pages in length an
executive summary must accompany the submission. The executive summary
should not exceed two (2) pages in length.
For further information, contact the Advisory Commission on
Electronic Commerce, 3401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201-
4498, (703) 993-8049.
Heather Rosenker,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 99-20941 Filed 8-12-99; 8:45 am]
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