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InternetNews July 20, 2004 Roy Mark	House Votes to Block Stock Option Expensing The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation supported by the tech industry to pre-empt a proposed federal accounting regulation calling for corporations to deduct the cost of all employee stock options from their profits.
InternetNews March 10, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate: Stock Option Expensing Likely Tech industry claims new accounting rules will hurt profits and cripple employee incentives.
InternetNews September 24, 2004 Roy Mark	Congress OKs Tech-Friendly R&D Tax Credit Technology consortium had pushed for the nearly $8 billion credits as key drivers for the industry. President Bush is expected to sign the legislation.
InternetNews September 23, 2004 Roy Mark	R&D Tax Credit Nears Congressional Approval Legislation could give U.S. businesses almost $8 billion in tax credits with 75 percent devoted to employee wages.
InternetNews April 18, 2005 Roy Mark	Senator Backs Tech on Stock Options Legislator feels stock options shouldn't be expensed at all.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2004 Bill Mann	Stock Options: Pause to Reload The FASB delays stock option expensing by six months. That's just more time for Big Tech to lobby.
CFO August 1, 2003 Craig Schneider	Who Rules Accounting? Congress muscles in on FASB -- again.
InternetNews May 26, 2004 Roy Mark	Net Access Tax Ban: No Compromise in Sight States resist the urge to tax Internet connections in anticipation that Congress will ultimately approve some sort of ban.
InternetNews November 16, 2004 Roy Mark	Tech Hopes Dim With Lame Duck Congress A final, four-day session leaves little time for new Internet access tax moratorium and other items on tech agenda.
InternetNews March 8, 2005 Roy Mark	U.S. Could Lose Tech Edge, TechNet Warns TechNet presented Capitol Hill with an innovation agenda to get back on the IT track it claims the U.S. is falling from.
InternetNews June 15, 2004 Roy Mark	House Panel Approves Multinational Tax Break A controversial measure favored by IT firms moves to a vote of the full House.
InternetNews January 21, 2004 Roy Mark	Net Access Tax Ban Still Anyone's Guess Tech trade group accuses states of an election year power play to gain taxing authority over the Internet.
InternetNews November 19, 2004 Roy Mark	House Approves Internet Access Tax Ban President Bush promised to sign four-year prohibition on connection taxes.
InternetNews April 27, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Likely to Extend Net Access Tax Ban Urged by President Bush to permanently ban connection taxes, lawmakers are likely to extend new ban.
InternetNews April 27, 2004 Roy Mark	New Maneuvers on Internet Access Ban Parliamentary maneuvering bottles McCain amendment for a four-year ban on taxing Internet connections.
InternetNews May 13, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Approves Tech Corporate Tax Break Legislation calls for one-year reduction in foreign dividend taxes from 35 percent to 5.25 percent.
InternetNews May 6, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Blocks Anti-Offshoring Measures Democrats fail to limit foreign dividend tax breaks backed by Intel and Microsoft.
InternetNews November 17, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Brokers Internet Access Tax Deal Senate negotiators said late Wednesday afternoon that they had cleared the way for Congress to approve a new Internet access tax moratorium that will ban tariffs on most dial-up and broadband connections for the next four years.
InternetNews April 28, 2004 Roy Mark	McCain Blasts Access Tax Ban Maneuvers Arizona senator calls an amendment to Internet access tax bill a 'parliamentary charade,' as the deadline for compromise looms.
InternetNews October 30, 2007	Bill Extending Internet Tax Ban Goes to Bush The House of Representatives approved legislation on Tuesday extending a moratorium on state Internet access taxes for seven years, sending the bill to the president to sign into law.
InternetNews October 11, 2004 Roy Mark	Congress Gives Tax Break to Tech Industry The U.S. Senate approved today a one-year tax break backed by the tech industry that proponents say will repatriate more than $300 billion into the U.S. economy and create as many as a half million new jobs.
InternetNews April 30, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Approves Internet Access Tax Ban Compromise four-year measure is narrower in scope than ambitious House version.
The Motley Fool September 15, 2004 Bill Mann	Exhausting Every Option The International Employee Stock Option Coalition, a high tech industry lobbying group in Washington D.C., plays its latest gambit on trying to de-claw options expensing.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2004 Bill Mann	FASB: Ready to Rumble The Financial Accounting Standards Board announces it intends to require companies to expense stock options.
InternetNews June 21, 2007 Roy Mark	Internet Access Tax Ban: Temporary or Permanent? The nearly decade-long debate in Washington heats up again over taxing internet connections.
IndustryWeek May 1, 2004 John S. McClenahen	FASB Options Rule Draws Rants, Raves Manufacturing and tech trade associations attack the FASB proposed rule changes for booking stock options and other share-based payments.
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Steve Hamm	Will Expensing Cost The U.S. Jobs? Tech execs claim new accounting rules requiring public companies to expense stock options could force them to send work overseas.
Entrepreneur August 2004 Stephen Barlas	Out of Sight Stock options can stay off your balance sheet--for now. The Stock Option Accounting Reform Act seeks an economic impact study and provisions for small businesses.
InternetNews June 18, 2004 Roy Mark	House Passes Pro-Tech Tax Breaks The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a corporate tax bill loaded with provisions favorable to the technology industry, including a reduction in foreign revenue taxes and an extension of the research and development tax credit.
The Motley Fool September 3, 2004 Chris Mallon	Optional No Longer Expense-free option grants are a thing of the past, thanks to the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) new rule.
InternetNews April 19, 2005 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Revive Net Connect Tax Ban Just months after Congress extends Internet access tax ban by four years, senators push to make measure permanent.
InternetNews February 24, 2004 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Clash on Net Access Ban Senators charge that opponents who have blocked a bill for a permanent and expanded ban view the Internet as a tax cash cow. Governors: Keep Net Access Tax Ban Temporary
InternetNews May 23, 2007 Roy Mark	Senate Floats Its Own Internet Tax Bill The ban on Internet access taxes would be extended for another four years under legislation introduced today in the U.S. Senate.
InternetNews January 5, 2007 Roy Mark	Wyden: Ban Internet Tax For Good Legislation would put an end to extensions but allow grandfathered states to continue to tax Internet access.
InternetNews February 23, 2004 Roy Mark	Governors: Keep Net Access Tax Ban Temporary Governors gathering in Washington this week hope to convince Congress to keep any Internet access tax moratorium on electronic commerce and online services temporary. They also want federal lawmakers to keep open a loophole that allows some state and local governments to tax access
InternetNews November 18, 2005 Roy Mark	Getting Along Over Tech? Just think what a little bipartisanship could actually accomplish for technology policy in this country.
InternetNews September 10, 2004 Roy Mark	Senator: No Tax Breaks For Broadband Lamar Alexander calls high-speed connections the most heavily subsidized new technology in America.
InternetNews December 3, 2004 Roy Mark	Bush Signs 'Net Access Tax Moratorium President Bush signed into law a new four-year ban on state and federal taxation of Internet connections, legislation the industry said was needed to promote universal broadband.
Investment Advisor January 1, 2011 Melanie Waddell	New Year Will Likely Include New Tax Scheme Odds favor both House and Senate passage of bipartisan tax package.
InternetNews November 3, 2004 Roy Mark	Post Election, Tech Issues Await Congress Is Voice Over IP an interstate service and exempt from state and local regulation and tariffs?... Legislation is still pending on reviving the expired Internet access tax moratorium and spyware... etc.
BusinessWeek March 1, 2004 Louis Lavelle	Options: A Modest Proposal Why not expense part of the cost at grant and the rest at expiration?
InternetNews November 9, 2006 Roy Mark	Lame Ducks Limp Back to Congress With a major power shift coming in January, Republican-led House and Senate return for mop-up session.
CFO December 1, 2004	Getting Dumped Why Big Four auditors are dumping some small clients... Quiet periods could get a little noisier... The manufacturing sector gets a boost... Stock-option expensing goes back on the shelf... Questioning the accuracy of credit ratings... etc.
InternetNews March 24, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	GOP Lawmakers Blast Card Check Act Backed by unions, opposed by IT, Employee Free Choice Act draws fire from party leadership in Senate.
InternetNews October 16, 2007	Net Groups Cheer Reps' Move on Taxes Technology industry groups and lobby outfits heaped praise on the U.S. House of Representatives today after it overwhelmingly passed a bill that extends the moratorium on Internet taxes for another four years.
InternetNews February 1, 2007 Roy Mark	House Bill Would Ban Connection Taxes Legislation calls for permanent bar on Internet access taxes.
CFO August 1, 2003 Julia Homer	Days of Future Past A year after the passage of Sarbanes-Oxley, Congress has proposed a bill that undercuts the intent of the legislation.
InternetNews October 26, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Senate Passes 7-Year Extension to Internet Tax Ban With less than a week before a ban lapses on Internet taxation, the U.S. Senate last night approved a seven-year extension.
InternetNews October 25, 2004 Roy Mark	Bush Signs Tech Tax Break President Bush signed into law late Friday $136 billion in corporate tax breaks, including a one-year reduction from 35 percent to 5.25 percent on foreign profits for U.S. multinationals.
InternetNews May 4, 2005 Roy Mark	GOP Blames Dems for Slow Tech Agenda Texas Republican Tom DeLay says the Democratic party is only paying lip service to high tech issues.