Online retailer imposes tax on Internet Explorer 7 users

What do the majority of web developers and an Australian-based online retailer have in common?

They hate Internet Explorer.

In fact, a company by the name of Kogan hates IE so much, it's imposed a sales tax on any of its clients who use the beleaguered browser.

"Anyone who visits the website using IE 7 will be charged an additional 6.8% tax (IE tax) on purchases," explains Newslaunches.com. "Interestingly that figure is derived as 0.1% for each month since the browser was released."

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Visitors using the dated browser are greeted with the discernible greeting that is pictured above. In order to avoid the tax, Kogan encourages potential customers to switch to a "better browser," such as Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera or Safari.

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