The Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) released the following statement in response to legislation that would impose new taxes and regulatory burdens on small online businesses:

“Proposals in both the US Senate by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and in the House by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) to force businesses, and particularly small businesses, to collect Internet sales taxes for government and bear the liability for it are at best misguided and could wreak further havoc on an already devastated economy.”

The Texas-based IPI is a non-profit public policy organization focused on providing independent analysis of important policy issues, including those affecting the technology industry. To read IPI’s full statement, as well as the Institute’s analysis of online sales tax policies, visit its website.