Tech Retailer Charges 6.8% Tax On Using Internet Explorer 7

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Tech Retailer Charges Tax On Using Internet Explorer 7

Australian tech retailer Kogan has implemented world's first "Internet Explorer 7 Tax" . The users who buy stuff on Kogan site using antique Internet Explorer 7 , are charged 6.8% tax .

The site says that the tax is being charged because the development team needs to spend additional effort to make the web pages work properly on the 6 year old browser . The 6.8% value is calculated as 0.1% for each month IE7 has been on the market .

Customers who enter the site using Internet Explorer 7 can avoid the impost by simply downloading an up-to-date browser such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera or even a more recent version of Internet Explorer.

The support for IE 7 has been dropping considerably over the past year . Google stopped supporting it for Google Apps . Facebook also stopped supporting it from Dec 2011 after launching Timeline . But this case actually punishes someone who refuses to upgrade from the ancient browser .

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[Hayabusa]

Antique browser !!

 

[Metalspree]

Some one is going to sue him for sure . Seeing this nonsense i hope Indian companies do not follow it and its next to impossible to sue a Indian company here thanks to our laws.

 

[?dOuBtFiRe?]

No way Indian companies cant ditch IE7 just like that since half of government agencies prefer using IE over chrome or FF, thanks to moolah microsoft.

 

[Lord Nemesis]

They should be sued by Microsoft in such a way that they go bankrupt. That ought to teach them.

 

[manu1991]

They should be sued by Microsoft in such a way that they go bankrupt. That ought to teach them.

On what charge?

 

[Vince]

Couldnt they just say they don't support the version, and redirect them to a new IE download page?
Sad!

 

[6pack]

I bet the tax is not legally correct since it discriminates on the browser choice of a person.

what about companies that do not support newer browsers like SAP?
bsnl's support site does not work on newer versions of IE browsers. cause they use SAP Netweaver which only supports upto IE6. It does not support chrome, firefox, or opera. Anything other than IE6 and it says browser is not supported. Only way to open the looser site is to use IE in development mode.

 

[RoBoGhOsT]

its a good way to get publicity though . by implementing this kind of tax they got into news for free ..