Lost amid the rancorous debate over raising the debt ceiling, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin on Friday afternoon rolled out proposed legislation that would clear the way for a federally-mandated online sales tax in states that participate in the Streamlined Sales Tax Project (SST). The Main Street Fairness Act would essentially reverse the Supreme Court’s 1992 [...]
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Congress Eyes Federal Sales Tax Bill
Posted in Online Sales Taxes, tagged Amazon, eBay, internet tax, Main Street Fairness Act, Online Sales Taxes, SST, Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement on August 1, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Are Online Sales Taxes Confusing Consumers?
Posted in General News / Technology, Online Sales Taxes, Retail, tagged applications, International Council of Shopping Centers, internet taxation, online sales tax, online sales tax debate, online sales tax legislation on July 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The rise in new online sales tax bills in states across the nation has been a top story within the e-commerce and business press over the course of the past year or so. It seems, however, that not everyone is reading those stories. In a newly released survey sponsored by the International Council of Shopping [...]
Indiana, Pennsylvania Getting a Boost from Amazon
Posted in Ecommerce, Online Sales Taxes, tagged Amazon, Amazon in Indiana, Amazon in Pennsylvania, internet taxation, internet taxes, Online Sales Taxes on July 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
It seems as though Indiana and Pennsylvania, two states that have yet to pursue internet sales tax laws like so many others around the nation, are being rewarded for their position on the issue by Amazon. Amazon, which along with Overstock.com has assumed a leading voice for the e-commerce industry in the ongoing debate over [...]
Amazon, Overstock Pull the Plug on California Affiliates Following Online Tax Passage
Posted in Online Sales Taxes, tagged Amazon, California and Amazon, California and Overstock, California online sales tax, online sales tax, Overstock on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In what’s become standard operating procedure for the two e-tail giants, Amazon and Overstock have wasted no time in terminating their respective affiliate programs in California after the state become the seventh in the nation to initiate an online sales tax yesterday. California Governor Jerry Brown signed the law into effect Wednesday as part of [...]
Texas Online Tax Bill Stalls with Governor’s Veto
Posted in General News / Technology, Online Sales Taxes, tagged Amazon, Amazon and state of Texas, internet taxation, online sales tax, Texas state internet tax law on June 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Striking at least a temporary blow to proponents of state-proposed online sales taxes, Texas Governor Rick Perry has vetoed a bill authored by his colleagues in the legislature intended to enact such taxes on web and catalog retailers in the state. House Bill 2403, originally introduced by state Rep. John Otto earlier this year , [...]
Overstock Ends Connecticut Affiliate Program
Posted in Ecommerce, General News / Technology, Online Sales Taxes, Online Shopping, tagged Amazon, internet taxation, Online Sales Taxes, Overstock on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Repeating a program it implemented in four other states in April, Ovestock.com has ceased affiliate operations in Connecticut this week after the state became the latest to adopt online tax legislation and will be focusing resources on Connecticut shoppers instead. As it already does in New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Illinois, Overstock will [...]
ValueClick Adds Greystripe for $70 Million
Posted in Ecommerce, Mobile Commerce, Online Sales Taxes, tagged eBay, Greystream Inc., m-commerce, mobile advertising, mobile commerce, mobile shopping, ValueClick on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Not to be outdone by eBay’s acquisition of a mobile advertising services provider last week , online marketer ValueClick has picked up one of its own. ValueClick announced today that it will pay about $70 million in cash for the brand-focused mobile ad network Greystripe, Inc. With its own online ad network (ValueClick Media) and [...]
Online Taxes: Texas Bill Aims to Close Physical Presence Loopholes
Posted in Online Sales Taxes, tagged Amazon, John Otto, physical presence, Texas online taxes, Texas state internet tax law on April 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In a legislative action that could be mirrored in the future by even more states currently implementing internet sales taxes, lawmakers in Texas are poised to send a bill to the governor’s desk that would once and for all put to rest the physical presence defense that Amazon and other retailers have used to argue [...]
More Online Taxes: Overstock Gets Creative
Posted in Ecommerce, General News / Technology, Online Sales Taxes, Online Shopping, tagged affiliate taxes, Amazon.com, Club O, Online Sales Taxes, Overstock affiliates, Overstock.com on April 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Here’s an interesting twist on the continuing saga taking place nationwide on the issue of online sales taxes. Overstock.com, which follows only Amazon on the list of web retailers that stand to lose the most from affiliate online sales tax legislation sprouting up in various states, has come up with a new promotion that seeks [...]
Next Stop for the Online Sales Tax Gravy Train—Arkansas
Posted in General News / Technology, Online Sales Taxes, Uncategorized, tagged affiliate taxes, Amazon, Arkansas online sales tax, internet taxation, online sales tax on April 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
We’ve been warning our readers for awhile that the proliferation of state online tax legislation was only going to continue here in 2011. We weren’t kidding. Lo and behold, Arkansas last week became the latest state to move closer to an affiliate tax that so many other states have either adopted or are in the [...]
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