The U.S. District Court of Colorado has halted efforts to institute an Internet tax on Colorado families and businesses, The Denver Post reports. The court entered a permanent injunction against a measure that would have required out-of-state online businesses to report online Colorado consumers to the state's Department of Revenue so it could penalize consumers for failing to pay a "use tax" on Internet purchases, the report states. The court found that the measure discriminates against and "imposes an undue burden" on remote sellers. The Colorado ruling follows a similar one in North Carolina, which addressed First Amendment and privacy concerns in relation to the reporting.
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