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North Carolina Internet Sales Tax Moments Away

August 5, 2009

Yesterday while I traveling back from Albany there were the anticipated actions in North Carolina regarding the Internet sales tax. As I expected, both the Senate and the House of Representatives accepted the report from the joint budget conference. The Budget will now come up for vote in both houses. It is expected to pass. The budget includes [...]

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Many States Adding Internet Tax

March 10, 2009

As I have mentioned several times, there is pending legislation in many States to add and or enforce the requirement to collect of sales tax rather than leaving it as a use tax. Remember, the sales tax is due, the only thing that is changing is the method of collection. When a merchant collects it, it [...]

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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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California Affiliates Get Ready

February 25, 2009

California Affiliates had better get prepared,  California Assembly Bill 178, co-authored by Charles Calderon (D) and Nancy Skinner (D) will be even more devastating than the NY bill. 
California Bill 178 was introduced on February 2nd. California Bill 178 includes this definition of what will create a nexus in California  “Any retailer entering into an agreement with a resident of this [...]

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