Gore favors moratorium on Internet tax

A U-S government task force has been assembled to examine Internet commerce — and whether to collect sales taxes for purchases made on-line. In a telephone conference call with Iowa reporters, Vice President Al Gore said he supports the current moratorium on charging sales tax on goods purchased on the Internet until negoitiators can come to an agreement.Gore says now’s not the time to slap a sales tax on Internet commerce.State governments collect sales taxes on purchases made in stores, but are NOT allowed to collect sales taxes from Internet retailers.