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Marketplace Fairness 2013: the Opposition
Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013: Step Outside. There was a lot of applause on February 14, when a group of 53 senators and representatives introduced the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013....
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Amazon Tax Revenue Is Filling State Coffers
Online Sales Tax Revenue. Amazon.com, the online retail giant, now collects sales tax on sales shipped to Arizona, California, Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Texas, and...
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West Virginia and Online Sales Tax Legislation
West Virginia Considers Amazon Tax. H.R. 684, or the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013, was introduced to the House on February 14, 2013. On the same day S. 336, “a bill to restore States’ sovereign...
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Utah Looks to Make Internet Sales Tax Attractive
Utah Remote Sales Tax Legislation. UPDATE, 3.29.13: Utah House Bill 300 has been signed into law. It will take effect January 1, 2014. UPDATE, 4.17.13: Utah House Bill 226 has been defeated. Utah...
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Maine Considers Online Sales Tax
Lawmakers in Maine are currently considering legislation that would require more online vendors to collect and remit Maine sales tax. Maine thus joins a national conversation sparked by the recent...
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New York: Amazon & Overstock Must Collect Tax
The New York Court of Appeals: Click-Through Nexus is Constitutional The New York Court of Appeals has ruled against Amazon and Overstock, determining that New York State’s 2008 amendment requiring...
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Marketplace Fairness: Will Third Vote Be the Charm?
Will federal lawmakers pass the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 before all the cherry blossoms fall? Federal lawmakers have now voted twice in favor of the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013. The first...
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Kentucky Congressman Speaks Out Against MFA
Kentucky Congressman to speak out against Marketplace Fairness Act. Representative Thomas Massie (R) of Kentucky is taking a strong stance against the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013. Earlier today,...
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Amazon to Create Jobs, Collect Sales Tax in Florida
Amazon to get its feet on the ground in Florida. Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, has announced its intention to open several operations centers in Florida. In making the announcement last...
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Tax Evasion and the G8
Prime Minister Cameron speaking at the 2013 G8 Tax, Trade and Transparency Conference. On the agenda of the 39th G8 summit–bravely put there by British Prime Minister David Cameron–is tax evasion....
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Amazon Axes Minnesota Affiliates to Avoid Online Sales Tax
“We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to notify you that your Associates account will be closed . . . effective June 30, 2013. This is a direct result of the unconstitutional Minnesota...
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Missouri Amazon Tax
Missouri adds affiliate nexus law. A new law in Missouri clarifies what is meant by the phrase, “Engages in business activities within this state.” Under the law, a vendor is presumed to “engage in...
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Ohio to Tax Digital Books
Ohio will not tax this type of reading nook. Several sales tax changes come with Ohio‘s new biennial budget, which began July 1, 2013. The most notable is the new state sales tax rate. Effective...
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Amazon and Missouri: More Affiliates Bite the Dust
Amazon: goodbye missouri affiliates. It’s becoming a familiar pattern. A state passes legislation requiring remote retailers to collect and remit sales tax if they meet certain criteria. To express...
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Amazon: Don’t Take Rented Textbooks Across State Lines
Amazon rents textbooks on condition that renters not take them out of state. Back when I was in college, textbooks were available at the University Bookstore, new or used. Renting textbooks was...
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Cook County Use Tax Ignites Lawsuits
Chicago is in Cook County, Illinois. In November 2012, the Cook County Board of Commissioners created a Non-Titled Personal Property Use Tax in order to help close a budget gap and discourage Cook...
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Is New York’s Amazon Tax Headed to Supreme Court?
New York’s Amazon tax may be on its way to the Supreme Court. It’s official. Overstock.com’s petition for writ of certiorari has been filed with the Supreme Court, asking the court to review the New...
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A Sales Tax Puzzle: Amazon and the Supreme Court
Will the fate of online sales tax be determined in the Supreme Court? Amazon is like a puzzle. Tracking the company’s different responses to collecting state sales tax makes a person wonder how all...
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Vermont Businesses Invited to Audit Themselves
Vermont’s self audit program: know yourself, and what you owe. If the prospect of being audited by a state department of revenue makes you tremble, perhaps you should consider opening up shop in...
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Idaho Taxes Children, Not Amazon
Hey kids, are you collecting sales tax? One summer day in 2013, 12-year-old entrepreneur Tayson Weeks was selling raspberries from a street stand in Pocatello, Idaho, when he had a visit from an...
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