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NYS Internet Tax

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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Sixty Two Million Reasons States Will Pass Affiliate Tax Law

March 30, 2009

There are sixty million reasons why more states will pass affiliate tax laws – Sixty Two Million Dollars of increased sales tax revenue for New York State.  Reading through the fiscal analysis testimony provided for several of the pending legislation (including Minnesota, Hawaii and Connecticut) is very enlightening.  Since the NY Internet Sales Tax went into [...]

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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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Story of Kevin, Former NY Affiliate

November 8, 2008

During May, as Kevin Webster, of 72kilowatts was busy getting back to building affiliate websites, he became concerned about the impact of the NY Internet tax law. Kevin was just getting started as an affiliate again. He had recently dissolved his SEO/OPM (Outsourced Program Manager) firm and while he was managing affiliate programs he was [...]

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Apathy and the Affiliate Industry?

October 16, 2008

It has been over two months since we published the sample documents that would enable merchants to open up their programs to New York affiliates and many merchants who had terminated NY affiliates have yet to act. It is somewhat ironic to note that many merchants who never removed New York Affiliates have incorporated the [...]

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