Florida Ponders Communication Tax on LANs 406
victor_the_cleaner writes "Here in Florida, a little known tax provision may lead to LANs being taxed. According to the article, 'The provision was intended to make sure companies operating their own land line communication systems, which two decades ago was limited to large utilities and railroads, were paying the same taxes paid by those who rely on commercial phone carriers. About 10 companies (in Florida) pay more than $1.2 million annually based on that definition. However, the statute is so broadly worded that it could be interpreted to describe a local area network.'
Internal auditors at the city of Tampa noticed a couple of years ago that the substitute communications service provision was still there and asked state officials why it wasn't being enforced.
And now people like Sharon Fox, the city of Tampa's tax revenue coordinator are pushing for enforcement."
BREAKING NEW (Score:5, Funny)
I guess it's time to ... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Home enforcement? (Score:4, Funny)
LAN Inspector: "Hello, mam. I need to search your house for networking cables in order to tax you properly."
How many people are going to open their door to a guy that that? It seems more like a wallet inspector position to me.
CEO: What Happen? (Score:5, Funny)
Admin: We get signal.
CEO: What!
Admin: Main screen turn on.
CEO: It's You!!
Florida: How are you gentlemen!!
Florida: All your LAN are belong to us.
Florida: You are on the way to taxation.
CEO: What you say!!
Its a troll, but its true (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Jobs will migrate... (Score:5, Funny)
Of course not. In Russia, the LANs tax you!
Hmmm... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Home enforcement? (Score:3, Funny)
Duh. That is already taxed. Whether you have DSL or Cable the government is getting part of what you pay. That is the point of the article. The government already taxes the regular communication networks. They wanted to make sure that company's that run their own lines pay tax, too. Only in Florida it seems they got carried away. And guessing that it is vague enough for those other things is just silliness. The law would basically have to say - tax anything that has a connection and then they would tax babies for their embilical cord.
Cisco Tea party... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It's that time of the month... (Score:1, Funny)
X=M
I'll get the hang of this keyboard. Honest.
obBOFH ref (Score:3, Funny)
"Hi. I'm having trouble accessing my files today."
"Your username?"
"SF3092."
[clickety-click] "Sharon Fox, is it?"
"That's right."
[clickety-click rm -rf, you know the drill] "But you don't have any files!"
"What? OMIGOD, my LAN tax proposal was in there!"
"As if I didn't know."
"Excuse me?"
"I said 'I can't imagine where it could go.' Don't worry, we have it on backup."
"Thank goodness."
"It's engraved on a grain of rice. Bwah hahahaha!"
"AAIIIIIIGGGGHHHHH!"
(with apologies to Simon [ntk.net])
Re:justification (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah...if they came to my house. I've been wanting to get rid of this cat 3 stuff for years.
Knock, knock, knock... (Score:5, Funny)
Plumber!
I didn't call a plumber. Who is it!?
Flowers!
Flowers for who?
Plumber!
Why you're that crazy Landshark aren't you?
No ma'am, I'm just a dolphin. Will you let me in please?
A dolphin? OK.
Aaaaaaaggggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!! You're not a dolphin. You're a filthy A LAN inspector!!!
Re:Home enforcement? (Score:5, Funny)
"Who is it?"
"Plumber."
"I didn't hire a plumber. Who is it?"
"Candygram."
"You're...that crazy LAN Shark I've been hearing about on Slashdot, aren't you?!"
"No ma'am, I'm...I'm just a dolphin."
Reminds me of a song... (Score:5, Funny)
(If you drive a car car) I'll tax the street
(If you try to sit sit) I'll tax your seat
(If you get too cold cold) I'll tax the heat
(If you take a walk walk) I'll tax your feet
(If you push 'trons on the wire) I'll tax your LAN
(If you push them outside)I'll tax the WAN
Re:CEO: What Happen? (Score:2, Funny)
Oh man, if I had mod points...
Re:Knock, knock, knock... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:BREAKING NEW (Score:2, Funny)
Re:How long do you think this'll last? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:program named 'Why you should leave Florida' (Score:5, Funny)
The good news (Score:1, Funny)
Re:BREAKING NEW (Score:4, Funny)
"Why anyone would waste a network cable is beyond us stated........
I'd Give My $0,02... (Score:2, Funny)
Well... (Score:3, Funny)
Given the ignorance of the media on technology issues, I'd expect the closing of that breaking news to be "cats 1 through 4 unavailable for comment."
Re:justification (Score:2, Funny)