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The Action In California

June 21, 2009

The battle against California Internet Tax continues. Like other states, California legislators dropped a separate bill for an Internet tax, AB178, and instead opted to attach an amendment to the budget. If you live in California you can take part in the effort to stop the Internet tax. Karen Garcia, of GTO Management is leading [...]

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Rhode Island Internet Tax

June 18, 2009

Rhode Island is also inching towards an Internet tax. Their version of the bill has been added to the 2010 Budget that was passed by the House earlier this week. The conditions are similar to that of  the NY and Hawaii laws but with a lower threshold. The sales threshold in Rhode Island is set at $5,00o in [...]

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Hawaii Affiliates Taking Action

June 17, 2009

Affiliates in Hawaii are trying to convince Governor Lingle to veto Hawaii HB1405, the bill that would force out of state merchants to collect and remit sales tax. Dean Takamine is leading the way and is taking active measures to see if he can halt HB1405. Dean has organized a Ning social network called Hawaii [...]

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Yes, Minnesota Still Pending, Hawaii at Governor

May 16, 2009

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the Minnesota Omnibus Tax Bill, HF2323, is still pending. Minnesota Affiliates are not in the clear even though it has been reported otherwise. I think there was a little confusion because there was an attempt to pass a different shorter tax bill but the Governor promptly [...]

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Hawaii Inches Forward

May 6, 2009

Well, turns out HB1405 Hawaii’s original stand alone version of the Internet Tax has passed the House. A joint committee had been working to resolve some differences between House and Senate on 1405 and the committee reached agreement. Bill was sent to House and it passed. It is now on to the Senate. The original version passed in [...]

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