Yesterday a major news came from the Capitol Hill: the U.S. Senate has passed the Marketplace Fairness Act. The Washington Post reported: The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 69 to 27, getting support from Republicans and Democrats alike. But opposition from some conservatives who view it as a tax increase will make [...]
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If you have not been following the affiliate nexus tax much, this SmallBizTrends article of mine may be a good place to start. Earlier this afternoon I received an email from Rebecca Madigan, the Executive Director at Performance Marketing Association which read: If you’re as crazy about the Affiliate Nexus Tax debate as we are, [...]
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Currently, nine states have affiliate nexus tax (or as some call them “Amazon tax”) laws in place. These are: Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. In addition to these, numerous other states (like Indiana, Florida, Minnesota, etc) are considering going the similar route. Basically, these laws prescribe for [...]
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In the course of this week, two states have already made moves towards jumping on the “affiliate nexus tax” bandwagon, joining the nine which have ratified such laws in the past few years. Indiana (news of February 4, 2013): Amazon.com and other online-only retailers would have to start collecting Indiana’s 7 percent sales tax this [...]
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A recent BrandVerity’s Tweet sparked an intersting discussion. In case you’ve missed it, here it is: Since some may require definition of several key terms used above, here’s all you need to know here: Affiliate nexus tax — state-specific sales tax imposed on sales by in-state affiliate marketers to in-state customers [more here]. Geo-targeting — [...]
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In case you have missed it, two days ago The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has published an interesting piece on Amazon and Georgia affiliate nexus tax. Here’s an excerpt from it: Georgia shoppers at Amazon still aren’t paying sales tax, three weeks after the start of a state law designed to snag the money from the world’s [...]
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On August 21 Performance Marketing Association (PMA) alerted the industry of the expected developments on the affiliate nexus tax front: regardless of the fact that earlier in April of this year an Illinois Circuit Court Judge declared this type of tax unconstitutional, we were expecting to see the affiliate nexus tax law reinstated in Pennsylvania [...]
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After last week’s good news from Colorado, an excellent one came from Maryland yesterday — “The Maryland legislature passed the budget last night, and the legislative session closed – without passing the affiliate nexus tax bill!” [more here] Between these recent news and working on an article on the subject for the Summer 2012 issue [...]
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Yesterday afternoon an important news came from Colorado. A Colorado Springs Gazette editor, Wayne Laugesen, wrote: Back in 2010, then-Gov. Bill Ritter, D-Colo., signed into law a bill passed by the Colorado Legislature that instantly cost thousands of Coloradans their livelihoods. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn tossed it out. …Blackburn ruled that the [...]
Continue reading about Federal Judge Rules Originally Affiliate Nexus Tax Unconstitutional
Several things – important to affiliates, and affiliate marketing industry as a whole — have happened in the course of the past few days, unfortunately not all good, and today I’d like to draw your attention to the following four: 1. Pennsylvania Enacts Affiliate Nexus Tax law — Late last night (on December 1, 2011) the [...]
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