From the monthly archives:

October 2008

Reinstate NY Affiliates Step Three

October 24, 2008

This is the last step to reinstate NY Affiliates and it does not apply to everyone. Step three is only for clubs, groups and organizations that have sites with affiliate links. Since these types of sites have more than one person who is probably trying to drive traffic and earn commission, they have one additional [...]

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Reinstate NY Affiliates Step Two

October 22, 2008

The second step merchants need to take to reinstate NY Affiliates is called Proof of Compliance. Each year, by May 31, merchants have to obtain a signed document from NY Affiliates that states that the affiliate adhered to the guidelines. This signed document must include affiliate name and address. This document needs to be kept [...]

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Reinstate NY Affiliates Step One

October 22, 2008

While attending Share A Sale Think Tank, a few merchants and affiliates asked me to clarify the steps involved in reinstating NY Affiliates to their programs. These step by step procedure was created by our NY Tax attorney after our meeting on July 28. For the sake of simplicity, I am dividing the steps into separate posts. These [...]

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Apathy and the Affiliate Industry?

October 16, 2008

It has been over two months since we published the sample documents that would enable merchants to open up their programs to New York affiliates and many merchants who had terminated NY affiliates have yet to act. It is somewhat ironic to note that many merchants who never removed New York Affiliates have incorporated the [...]

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Federal Action to Repeal the Tax

October 8, 2008

This is really breaking news.  I have received an encouraging email from our lawyer’s office in regards to action on  the federal level.  Last week Mr.  Jim Bunning, a Senator from Kentucky introduced a bill that would eliminate affiliates from the definition of physical presence within a state. If it were to pass, this would mean that states [...]

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