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California Lawmakers Want to Tax Downloads (Orange County Register)

Democrats would revise the definition of what's taxable instead of proposing a new tax that requires GOP support. . .

So what do you think will happen with downloads?

"You're just going to have a bigger use tax problem," admits Annette Nellen, a San Jose State tax professor who nonetheless supports taxing downloads.

Nellen likes the tax, in part, because increasing revenues isn't her biggest concern – rationale tax policy is. A… more

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