Wednesday afternoon good news came from both Hawaii, and California: Good News from Hawaii: Governor Linda Lingle “vetoed HB 1405 because this legislation has immediate and adverse consequences for residents and businesses of Hawai’i. This legislation would place Hawai’i companies at a competitive disadvantage. As a consequence of this bill, […]
Governors of California and Hawaii Vetoed Affiliate Tax Bills Read More »
<!”Overstock is joining Amazon and Blue Nile in the parade of e-commerce companies dumping affiliates” [source]. Gov. of Hawaii, Linda Lingle, “notified the Legislature the [affiliate tax] bill was among 65 she may veto” after Amazon.com and its “sister-site Endless” have notified all HI affiliates that they are no longer
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Between Amazon notifying and then terminating North Carolina affiliates [see also this Wall Stree Journal article], California reviving the anti-affiliate tax, Hawaii lawmakers sending a similar bill to the governor [more here], and Rhode Island considering going the same route [see this comment], we read and hear that taxes like
What Makes Affiliate Tax (aka "Amazon Tax") Unconstitutional Read More »
Yesterday evening @MattEnders, a North Carolina based colleague of mine, tweeted: Having been one of the people to blog about the problem a week ago, I have gone online this moring to try to find the interview. Couldn’t find the recording itself, but got to this page on MSNBC.com: The
North Carolina, 7% of Zero is Still Zero Read More »
This morning the following e-mail has landed in mailboxes of all North Carolina affiliates of Amazon: We regret to inform you that the North Carolina state legislature (the General Assembly) appears ready to enact an unconstitutional tax collection scheme that would leave Amazon.com little choice but to end its relationships
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Following New York, California, Minnesota, Tennessee, Hawaii, Connecticut and North Carolina, Maryland now considers the “Amazon tax” as well. Gazette.net wrote earlier today: A proposal to tax certain online sales in Maryland has drawn the wrath of some Internet retailers and business organizations, while attracting support from Senate President Thomas
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Since the time I’ve blogged about the implications of the CA Bill AB 178 for affiliates, Melanie Seery posted the following two news: (i) Connecticut’s bill was approved in the Join Finance Committee, and (ii) North Carolina is now also looking in the same direction. Regarding Connecticut Melanie wrote: The
Connecticut SB 806 Bill Approved. North Carolina Next? Read More »
Numerous concerned affiliates have been e-mailing me about the California online sales tax bill AB 178 asking for a concise clarification of what this situation really means for affiliates. I believe we should be looking at two sets of implications here: (a) the immediate (state-specific), and (b) the wider (nationally-spread)
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Following the example of the state of New York, in late January of this year Minnesota introduced their bill S.F. No. 282 proposing to collect tax on “sales to customers located in the state who were referred to the retailer by all residents” of the state. So, in addition to
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Yesterday, a friend and a known advocate of the affiliate marketing industry, Melanie Seery, posted an alert about California considering a sales tax similar to the one that got passed in New York last year. Melanie wrote: California Affiliates had better get prepared, California Assembly Bill 178, co-authored by Charles
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