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Bush Extends Moratorium as States Move to Streamline Sales Tax Systems. In November, President Bush signed legislation extending the moratorium on Internet-related taxes for two more years. A recent study by the University of Tennessee estimates that uncollected sales taxes will cost state and local governments $13 billion this year and $55 billion by 2011. One of the major stumbling blocks to the ...

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