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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> You've asserted that there
should be a tax on the Internet registry system to address
Internet-related social issues; is this<br>
because that is the appropriate place to levy such taxes, or simply
because it is a matter<br>
of convenience to tax the single centralized not-for-profit entity rather
than the globally<br>
diverse for-profit entities located in hundreds of
jurisdictions? </blockquote><br>
Maybe it is just that a global citizen,being netizen or not, can ask,
with some genuine concern, why a body which is supposed to serve public
interest in the area of Internet have to spent a little more that half a
millon US$ in one year to 2 US based lobbying (*) consulting companies
and if that money could not be used in a way more profitable to the
general and global public interest.<br><br>
This information can be read at page 25 of the 2013 Tax document which is
publically acessed at the following link:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/about/financials/tax/us/fy-2013-form-990-en.pdf">
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tax Form 990, the United States return for
organizations exempt from income taxes under section 501(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code and the California State Tax Form 199</a> <br>
Citation: "THE ORGANIZATION UTILIZED THE SERVICES OF TWO GOVERNMENT
AFFAIRS FIRMS DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2013, FOR A COST OF
$520,252."<br><br>
(*) I take the terminology "lobbying" from the section of the
document: "Political Campaign and Lobbying Activities" <br />--
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