Since the NTU advocates such radical steps as shutting down the IRS and scrapping the current tax code completely, it's probably not a surprise that the group doesn't want to see any new taxes imposed on new technologies and new industries. However, the group of signatories -- which includes organizations as varied as the Tennessee Tax Revolt
and the Prince William Taxpayers Alliance
-- doesn't have specific opinions on how issues like intercarrier compensation or Universal Service funding should be resolved.
"Those kinds of company to company transactions are really beyond the scope of the letter," Berthoud said. "We don't want a tax or regulatory regime set up for VoIP. How they get there is less important than the result."
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