Internet and cell phone tax plan to finance US war on terror

The US Congress Joint Committee on Taxation has suggested that the existing 3% telecommunications tax could be extended to all forms of modern communications, including broadband, mobile phones and voice over IP, reports Computer Weekly.

"The Bush administration is considering ways to raise taxation to pay for the war, and the congressional committee says extending the 3% tax from traditional phone services to newer voice and data technologies should be considered."

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