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NY Affiliates

Survey on Impact of the NY Advertising Tax

July 29, 2009

The impact of the NY advertising tax or the NY Internet sales tax has been devastating for many NY affiliates. I’ve chronicled several of  our stories in the series “Story of NY Affiliates”.  I interviewed and wrote until it became too overwhelming for me. Affiliates lost their entire business, suffered severe financial and emotional stress.
As other states are [...]

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Rhode Island is Huge

July 8, 2009

Although small in physical size, Rhode Island now has, and will continue to have a tremendous impact on everyone in the Internet marketing industry. The Rhode Island Internet tax has taken effect, joining New York which passed similar legislation last year. By redefining the definition of retailer, they are taking a firm and tough stance. While [...]

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Yearly Proof of Compliance

April 22, 2009

As May 31 is approaching,  many New York affiliates will begin to receive requests to sign the annual “proof of compliance” certificates I wanted to pass along some information I received.  According to our lawyer’s office, the New York State Tax Department is requesting that a line be added to the annual certifications. The line [...]

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Next Steps for Merchants and Affiliates

March 6, 2009

I have received several emails from merchants and affiliates asking what should be a plan of action.  Before I give you the lists of suggested action you need to realize that Legislation already exists in many states requiring the sales tax be collected. Other states are passing new legislation or quietly rewriting definitions. I urged [...]

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New York, New Nexus, More Affiliate Taxes

March 5, 2009

Get ready for phase two. New York is proposing to revise their definition of vendor. This proposal may impact some merchants. The plan is to crack down on the brick and mortar stores that form a separate entity to handle internet sales. The State wants to crack down on the companies that are using loopholes to avoid [...]

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