Comments on: Sixty Two Million Reasons States Will Pass Affiliate Tax Law http://nyaffiliatevoice.com/2009/03/sixty-two-million-reasons/ My Life as an Affiliate from New York Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:17:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Melanie http://nyaffiliatevoice.com/2009/03/sixty-two-million-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-886 Melanie Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:23:45 +0000 http://nyaffiliatevoice.com/?p=737#comment-886 I tend to disagree, NYS has no reason to make up numbers. They are reporting 30 + new out of state merchants as of June 1 last year with the sales tax revenue mentioned above. $62-68 is the estimated tax revenue for the fiscal year that began April 1. This information has been provided by NYS to other States' investigators and revenue departments and is used as testimony by states. I doubt Amazon accounts for more than 50%. If they do, that is an incredible amount of sales and in my opinion would indicate a nexus beyond a shadow of a doubt. I tend to disagree, NYS has no reason to make up numbers. They are reporting 30 + new out of state merchants as of June 1 last year with the sales tax revenue mentioned above.

$62-68 is the estimated tax revenue for the fiscal year that began April 1.

This information has been provided by NYS to other States’ investigators and revenue departments and is used as testimony by states.

I doubt Amazon accounts for more than 50%. If they do, that is an incredible amount of sales and in my opinion would indicate a nexus beyond a shadow of a doubt.

]]> By: Mark Welch http://nyaffiliatevoice.com/2009/03/sixty-two-million-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-878 Mark Welch Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:06:13 +0000 http://nyaffiliatevoice.com/?p=737#comment-878 Any idea what % of this is from Amazon? I assume more than half, perhaps 80-90%. I actually see no way for NY to fairly identify and segregate companies captured by the "Amazon Tax" -- and I certainly don't trust them to do a fair analysis. They may have included companies that started collecting NY tax for other reasons (such as hiring NY employees or adding NY warehouse or retail stores). They may also just make up numbers since individual retailer data is confidential so nobody can check. Any idea what % of this is from Amazon? I assume more than half, perhaps 80-90%.

I actually see no way for NY to fairly identify and segregate companies captured by the “Amazon Tax” — and I certainly don’t trust them to do a fair analysis. They may have included companies that started collecting NY tax for other reasons (such as hiring NY employees or adding NY warehouse or retail stores). They may also just make up numbers since individual retailer data is confidential so nobody can check.

]]> By: BC http://nyaffiliatevoice.com/2009/03/sixty-two-million-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-872 BC Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:48:22 +0000 http://nyaffiliatevoice.com/?p=737#comment-872 wooah! That's alot of money! No wonder they want to collect the tax. May not be poppular with some people but I am glad they are starting to collect this tax. Then maybe other taxes won't have to go up more. wooah! That’s alot of money! No wonder they want to collect the tax. May not be poppular with some people but I am glad they are starting to collect this tax. Then maybe other taxes won’t have to go up more.

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