Amazon, Amazon, Amazon! And Blue Nile . . . and Now Overstock!

June 30, 2009: Seattle *** Updated July 1, 2009 *** ***Updated July 29, 2009*** see below Amazon Pulls the Plug on Hawaii, Rhode Island Affiliates, Strengthening Its Stance for a More Cohesive Internet Tax Scheme What started with a pull out from its online affiliate system in North Carolina, Amazon.com has now cut ties with [...]

Amazon.com Affiliates in N. Carolina = No More!

June 26, 2009: Seattle Amazon.com severs all ties with business, marketing affiliates in North Carolina There’s huge news here in Seattle that reverberates all across the e-commerce universe: Seattle-based Amazon.com notified its North Carolina business affiliates just last night that it will end all ties, effective today, to avoid collecting and remitting sales taxes in [...]

Want to Cash In On Your State’s Amnesty Program?

** This post has been modified from its May 4th version (which focused on amnesty in New Jersey) ** The flurry of page views to this blog and dollars received in New Jersey in response to its latest sales tax amnesty program was so extreme that I decided to re-write that original post to update [...]

A Tax Hike in Minnesota Never Sounded Sweeter

But Go Shopping In Minnesota Now, Not Later If there was a contest, I’d give the Minnesota Department of Revenue the sweetness award. When it announces a tax increase, it does so in the loveliest of ways, rattling off such feel good items as prairies and clean drinking water. Leave it to one of the [...]

Ring, Ring: Cell Tax Fairness Act Could Put New State, Local Tax Hikes on Hold

Would you like to see additional or higher taxes on your monthly cell phone bill? I didn’t think so. And our friends in Congress have been busy trying to ensure that no new taxes, at least at the state and local level, will go into effect. (Either they love us or are responding to certain [...]

Digital download tax hits home, my home.

The inevitable happened. I’ve been spending so much time thinking and even daring to write about tax on digital downloads that I might have attracted it right into my own little world. Yesterday, I received one of the most heart wrenching emails a habitual downloader can receive. The subject line read “New Rhapsody Tax Policy” [...]

e-Roundtable on The Main Street Fairness Act: experts discuss Internet sales tax

e-Roundtable on The Main Street Fairness Act: Sales Tax Buzz Consults the Experts on Internet Sales Tax Act Read what Wal-Mart, J.C. Penney, Tech & Government say about a U.S.-wide Internet sales tax system I recently hosted an e-Roundtable event to address what many policymakers believe to be today’s most important topic within the transaction [...]