And the “nexus” net keeps broadening, at least in terms of direct or affiliates sales over the Internet.
Maryland recently became the latest state to join the wave of those introducing “Amazon Tax” bills and, if enacted, its Senate Bill 824 would become effective June 1, 2010. The threshold amount for this bill was set for [...]
Filed under: E-Commerce, Legislation | Tagged: affiliates, Amazon Tax, Illinois, Internet sales tax, Maryland, nexus, S.B. 3353, S.B. 824 | 2 Comments »
Introduced by State Representatives John Rodgers, Megan Smith, and Jeffrey Wilson, Vermont House Bill 661 is just the latest in a spate of “Amazon Tax” bills to sweep the nation – bringing the total to five states within nine days of each other.
This latest bill would take effect July 1, 2010, if passed into law.
Like [...]
Filed under: E-Commerce, Legislation | Tagged: affiliates, Amazon Tax, H.B. 661, Internet sales tax, internet tax, nexus, Vermont | Leave a Comment »
I wrote just a couple of days ago that it feels like an almost every day phenomenon that yet another state is introducing “Amazon Tax” legislation to broaden nexus net and thus e-commerce sales and use tax revenues.
Now Colorado is joining the list, perhaps motivated in part by its $1.6 billion budget shortfall.
H.B. 1193 (Concerning [...]
Filed under: E-Commerce, Legislation | Tagged: affiliates, Amazon Tax, Colorado, H.B. 1193, Internet sales tax, internet tax, nexus | 2 Comments »
In terms of the broadening of “nexus” for sales and use tax purposes, what a New Year 2010 has been thus far!
It’s starting to feel like on an almost every-day basis I’m reporting on yet another state seeking or having broadened its term “nexus” to encompass Internet sales. The past several days include the likes [...]
Filed under: E-Commerce, Legislation | Tagged: Amazon Tax, Internet sales, Internet sales tax, internet tax, Mississippi, nexus | 2 Comments »
An Amazon-type sales and use tax bill has been introduced in yet another state. This time, it’s the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Introduced January 21st by Senator Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. (R—Augusta) and backed by the Virginia Retail Federation (the legislative arm of the Retail Alliance and the Retail Merchants Association), the bill (S.B. 660), if enacted [...]
Filed under: E-Commerce, Legislation | Tagged: Amazon Tax, Emmett Hanger Jr., Internet sales, Internet sales tax, internet tax, nexus, S.B. 660, Virginia | 3 Comments »
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 »
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 »
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 »
There’s been some movement in the Hawaiian legislature towards SST conformity as of late, most notably S.B. 1678 was passed anew on May 7th, aimed at conforming excise tax laws there with the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. The state legislature responded to advice received from SST Governing Board and the Council on State [...]
Filed under: E-Commerce, Legislation, SST | Tagged: H.B. 1405, Hawaii, Internet sales tax, SST, SST Governing Board, SSUTA, Wisconsin | Leave a Comment »
State, Local Governments to lose at least $11.4 billion in sales tax revenues to Internet by 2012
If anything, today’s headline might understate its case. Not only is “State and Local Government Sales Tax Revenue Losses from Electronic Commerce” the e-commerce paper of the year, it could very well be the must-read study of the past [...]
Filed under: E-Commerce, SST | Tagged: Amazon Tax, brick and mortar, Donald Bruce, E-Commerce, Internet sales tax, internet tax, Main Street Fairness Act, sales tax fairness, Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act, SST, State and Local Government Sales Tax Revenue Losses from Electronic Commerce, University of Tennessee, William B. Stokely, William F. Fox | 5 Comments »
Just a couple of weeks ago, I opened a post with, “As local jurisdictions are searching high and low for tax revenues, one area they continue to target is unpaid occupancy taxes and, in this vein, yet another online hotel booking company sales tax case has caught my attention, this time coming out of the [...]
Filed under: Court Cases, E-Commerce | Tagged: City of Goodlettsville, Edgar filings, Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotwire, Internet sales tax, Ken Griffey Jr., online hotel brokers, online transactions, Priceline, Priceline.com, SEC, Tennessee | 3 Comments »
UPDATED APRIL 14, 2009
It is my firmly held belief that as one state after another (no matter the size or perceived “importance” of any particular state) will possibly be able to pass Internet sales tax legislation, others are more likely to follow suit. Early adopters can pave the way towards the future in this area [...]
Filed under: E-Commerce, Legislation, The Art of Blogging | Tagged: Amazon Tax, Amazon.com, California, Connecticut, cowboys, cowgirls, Florida, Google, Hawaii, Illinois, Internet sales tax, internet tax, Marlyland, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, online tax, Tennessee, Texas | 5 Comments »
