Posted on November 18, 2009 by Althea Azeff
In these stormy days of the ongoing saga between Amazon.com and a number of states (see here, here, here, and here), the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policies Priorities released a riveting report this week concluding, among other findings, that Amazon’s arguments against collecting sales taxes do not withstand scrutiny – costing states up to [...]
Filed under: E-Commerce | Tagged: Amazon, Amazon Tax, Amazon.com, Center on Budget and Policies Priorities, E-Commerce, Internet sales, Internet sales tax, Main Street Fairness Act, Michael Mazerov, sales tax, Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act | 5 Comments »
Posted on June 30, 2009 by Althea Azeff
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 its Hawaii (as of [...]
Filed under: E-Commerce, Legislation | Tagged: Amazon, Amazon Associates, Amazon Tax, Amazon.com, Blue Nile, E-Commerce, e-commerce transactions, Hawaii, Internet sales tax, Main Street Fairness Act, overstock.com, Rhode Island, SST | 5 Comments »
Posted on June 26, 2009 by Althea Azeff
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 that state [...]
Filed under: E-Commerce, Legislation | Tagged: Amazon, Amazon Associates, Amazon Tax, Amazon.com, E-Commerce, Internet sales tax, Main Street Fairness Act, North Carolina, North Carolina affiliates, SST | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 13, 2009 by Althea Azeff
The media, online retailers, and many states are positively a-buzz on today’s news about the dismissal by a New York state judge of the Amazon.com suit challenging that state’s law requiring certain non-New York Internet retailers to collect and remit New York sales tax.
The suit – Amazon.com, LLC v. New York State Department of Taxation [...]
Filed under: Court Cases, E-Commerce | Tagged: Amazon, Amazon Tax, Amazon.com, cases, E-Commerce, New York, online retailer, state budgets | 6 Comments »
Posted on December 26, 2008 by Althea Azeff
With holiday sales reports showing record lows since the 1970’s and double digit declines in the sale of luxury goods (-34%), electronics (-26%), clothing (-21%), and the worst-ever drop in online sales (at -2.3%), the many issues related to sales tax are at the fore as we look ahead to 2009, especially as states face [...]
Filed under: E-Commerce | Tagged: Amazon, holiday shopping season, state budgets, statistics | 4 Comments »
