Minnesotans Can’t Afford an Internet Tax

Did you know Minnesota Politicians Want to Create Expensive New Taxes on Your Internet?

Email lawmakers now and tell them SAY NO to new expensive taxes on internet.

Lawmakers at the State Capitol introduced legislation (HF 974/ SF 2045) that could cost Minnesota families hundreds of millions of dollars a year in new taxes on essential broadband services. The Internet Tax Bill would give local governments the power to tack on new, overlapping taxes of up to 8 percent on your internet bill. This harmful tax will cost you more and halt broadband deployment to underserved areas.

Thanks to the voices of Minnesotans like you, key leaders decided not to pass a new Internet Tax law in 2024, but they are trying again. It’s why we can’t stop now and must make our voices heard!

Click the button below to send an email to lawmakers. Be sure to include your name and city where you live, so they know Minnesotans across the state are saying NO to new internet taxes.

Join the fight and say NO NEW INTERNET TAXES!

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To: sen.mark.johnson@mnsenate.gov; sen.erin.murphy@mnsenate.gov;  rep.lisa.demuth@house.mn.gov; rep.melissa.hortman@house.mn.gov; rep.mike.freiberg@house.mn.gov; sen.ann.rest@mnsenate.gov; sen.aric.putnam@mnsenate.gov; rep.paul.anderson@house.mn.gov; rep.jim.nash@house.mn.gov; rep.ginny.klevorn@house.mn.gov; rep.joe.mcdonald@house.mn.gov

Subject: Minnesotans Can't Afford New Taxes on Internet

Message:

Dear Lawmakers -

As a Minnesotan, and as a person who relies on fast, affordable internet every day, I urge you to vote NO on the Internet Tax Bill (SF 2045 and HF 974). This legislation will have a far-reaching and negative impact on families like mine, and disproportionately harm low-income and underserved communities across the state, making access to digital tools and broadband deployment more difficult.

For students doing their homework, for rural patients using telehealth services, for small businesses reaching their customer base, and for employees working from home, the internet is a critical, essential tool, and there have been bipartisan efforts to close the digital divide. We should not move backward on that bipartisan progress.

Passing legislation that will give local governments the ability to add up to 8 percent in new fees on internet and broadband-enabled services is nothing more than a hidden tax increase on consumers. Minnesota can’t afford it.

Please do not support the Internet Tax bill this session. Thank you for your leadership and consideration.

Sincerely,

NAME

CITY, MN