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Repeal of the NY Affiliate Tax

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 [...]

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Amazon Lawsuit Dismissed

January 13, 2009

It appears that the Amazon and Overstock lawsuits against the NYS Internet Tax have been dismissed. This means the Internet tax still stands and those companies with a physical presence will need to collect the sales tax. The reason that the case was ruled in the favor of NYS is that the law clearly states [...]

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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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How Likely is Repeal

August 1, 2008

I received a couple of queries as to the likelihood of a repeal of the tax. Although I hinted at it in my posts Repeal has Little Appeal and  Our Efforts Working for Repeal I will share my thoughts here. Prior to our meeting in Albany, I was very pessimistic that the law could be [...]

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Our Efforts Working for the Repeal

August 1, 2008

As a result of the July 28 affiliate meeting in Albany, we are also directing some of our attention to the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly. You will recall that the Senate voted to repeal the affiliate tax on June 19. That bill was sponsored by the Rules Committee. The [...]

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