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Congress Eyes Federal Sales Tax Bill

Posted in Online Sales Taxes, tagged , , , , , , on August 1, 2011 | 3 Comments »

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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Amazon Rolls out Kindle Textbook Rental Program for College Students

Posted in Ecommerce, Online Shopping, tagged , , , , on July 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s some good news for all you college students out there.  You now have a chance to put a slight dent in what has become an outrageous cost associated with higher education thanks to a new service rolled out by Amazon today. The program, the Kindle Textbook Rental, offers students the chance to save up [...]

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Indiana, Pennsylvania Getting a Boost from Amazon

Posted in Ecommerce, Online Sales Taxes, tagged , , , , , 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 [...]

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Amazon, Overstock Pull the Plug on California Affiliates Following Online Tax Passage

Posted in Online Sales Taxes, tagged , , , , , 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 [...]

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Texas Online Tax Bill Stalls with Governor’s Veto

Posted in General News / Technology, Online Sales Taxes, tagged , , , , 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 , [...]

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Overstock Ends Connecticut Affiliate Program

Posted in Ecommerce, General News / Technology, Online Sales Taxes, Online Shopping, tagged , , , 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 [...]

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Google Lands Top Spot in New Harris Survey Gauging Reputation

Posted in Ecommerce, General News / Technology, tagged , , , , , on May 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Leading a strong showing by both technology and retail companies, Google has ascended to the top spot as the highest-ranked business in the 12th Annual Harris Interactive U.S. Reputation Quotient survey. Holdings company Berkshire Hathaway was previously ranked #1. “We have always believed that if we focus on making the best products for our users [...]

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New Report Reveals Serious Flaws in Electronic Payment Systems

Posted in Ecommerce, General News / Technology, Merchant Tips, Online Shopping, tagged , , , , , , on April 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »

A new study out this week by researchers at Indiana University casts some serious doubts over the security protocols  used by many leading online payment systems and e-commerce sites, raising concerns that the industry could be facing a dangerous fraud threat in the very near future as a result. The report, “How to Shop for [...]

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Online Taxes: Texas Bill Aims to Close Physical Presence Loopholes

Posted in Online Sales Taxes, tagged , , , , 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 [...]

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Next Stop for the Online Sales Tax Gravy Train—Arkansas

Posted in General News / Technology, Online Sales Taxes, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , 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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