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Impact of NY Internet 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 are [...]

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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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Entire Network Closed to NY Affiliates

February 16, 2009

It appears that OneNetworkDirect, a small software network, is completely closed to NY Affiliates. I was shocked to read Kevin Webster’s post  on Abestweb – OneNetworkDirect. It seems that he was trying to sign up and NY is missing from their drop down menu.  Having met some of their representatives earlier in the year, I was so shocked I had [...]

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Is This Good Bye to Janis, NY Affiliate

January 6, 2009

Back in November, I wrote about Janis, a NY Affiliate and how she was affected by the NY Affiliate tax. At that time, I wrote that Janis had adjusted by replacing merchants with either other merchants or with various paid ads. Now that the holiday shopping season has ended, Janis took the time to evaluate [...]

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Another NY Affiliate Story

January 1, 2009

This is the sixth in a series of profiles of NY Affiliates and it is by far the hardest one to write. This is the story of another NY Affiliate.  
 
 
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There is nothing to write. This is the story of a NY Affiliate who is afraid to share the effects of being [...]

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