Well that certainly didn’t take long. Less than a week after the Colorado legislature targeted out-of-state retailers with a bill that imposes sales taxes on online purchases, the measure has already claimed its first victims and reignited a fierce political debate in the Centennial State. Amazon announced yesterday that it is cutting ties with [...]
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An Empire Strikes Back—Amazon Severs Ties with Colorado Affiliates in Wake of Online Sales Tax Bill
Posted in Ecommerce, Online Sales Taxes, Retail, tagged affiliates, Amazon, Colorado, Colorado legislature, Colorado online sales tax, online salex taxes on March 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Virginia Moves Closer to Online Sales Tax Implementation
Posted in Ecommerce, Online Shopping, tagged Amazon, Colorado legislature, online sale tax proposals, online sales tax debate, online sales tax legislation, Overstock, Senator Emmett Hanger, Virginia legislature on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The ongoing national debate over affixing sales taxes to online purchases returned to the news yesterday, when Virginia lawmakers passed a bill that would force the state’s internet retailers to do just that. Only one dissenting vote was recorded in the state Senate Finance committee’s debate on Sen. Emmett Hanger’s proposed legislation, which would collect [...]



