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    ITAA PRESS RELEASE

    New ITAA Report Finds Geolocation Technologies Miss the Mark for Tax

   October 15, 2002

   For More Information Contact:
   Tinabeth Burton (703) 284-5305 tburton@itaa.org

   Arlington,  VA  -  A  new  paper  released  today  by  the Information
   Technology  Association  of  America  (ITAA)  finds  that  geolocation
   software,  used to identify location of e-commerce customers, does not
   provide  accurate  enough  location  information  for  the  purpose of
   consumption taxation.

   The  ITAA  white  paper,  "E-Commerce  Taxation and the Limitations of
   Geolocation  Tools,"  examines the current capabilities of geolocation
   software  and  identifies  a number of obstacles that render the tools
   inaccurate.  The  paper  concludes  that  current  IP addressing, plus
   future  dynamic  IP  addressing  enabled  by IPv6, corporate networks,
   anonymizers,  and  large  ISPs with millions of users, are all factors
   contributing   to   the   limited   accuracy  of  current  geolocation
   technologies for consumption taxes.

   "The  EU  VAT  rules  that  will  go  into  effect  next year place an
   unmanageable burden on geolocation software products. Our report finds
   that  geolocation  software does not resolve any of the concerns about
   being able to independently identify the correct taxing jurisdiction,"
   said  ITAA  President  Harris  N.  Miller.  "It  is  inappropriate for
   governments  to  mandate  the use of these tools for taxing or for any
   other purposes."

   The ITAA paper is available here.

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