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NYS Internet Tax

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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Two Steps to Comply with Tax Law

August 7, 2008

As a direct result of our meeting in Albany and having retained legal counsel, we have the necessary documents that will permit merchants to resume partnership with NY affiliates. The main stumbling blocks over the last two months was a lack of understanding of the requirements to comply with the tax law and the lacking [...]

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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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Moving Forward the Solution to NY Tax

July 31, 2008

As I mentioned in my last post, Tax Solution from NY Meeting, we identified the solution to the NY Affiliate tax situation.  The solution was clearly indicated in the memos released by NYS. To briefly recap, out of state merchants  with no other cause of nexus in NY, will need to have a signed agreement on [...]

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Tax Solution from NYS Meeting

July 29, 2008

The NYS Affiliate meeting in Albany on July 28 was a great success. It accomplished several things and it will most likely take a couple posts to get it all in. I will post summaries of the major points over the next couple days. We also had time for some fun and will write about that but [...]

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