"Taxes" Posts

News Brief: Pennsylvania Delays Online Tax Compliance Until September

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Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Revenue Dan Meuser issued an extension today for online businesses with a physical presence in the state to become compliant with licensing and sales tax collection. As we reported in December, the state originally requested compliance by February 1, 2012, but Meuser’s announcement indicated that businesses will now have until September 1, 2012.

Pennsylvania Clarity Adds Wrinkle to Online Sales Tax

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Unlike other states that passed big, contentious sales tax bills targeting online retailers, Pennsylvania took a more subtle but no-less misguided route. On Thursday, Secretary of Revenue Dan Meuser announced that certain online retailers will have until…

What California’s One Year Tax Reprieve Really Means For Affiliates and Amazon

For the first time since June, California affiliates can breathe a sigh of relief. In a move that recognizes the massive pushback against its version of the Amazon tax, California’s legislature passed and Governor Jerry Brown signed

Cashing Out: Week of September 4th – 10th 2011 in Online Marketing News

Amazon given temporary reprieve from California affiliate tax

ReveNews reported last week on Amazon’s negotiations with California legislators regarding the state’s affiliate nexus tax law.

Now, as the Los Angeles Times reported September 8, state law-makers and…

Cashing Out: Week of August 28th – September 3rd 2011 in Online Marketing News

DOJ: AT&T T-mobile merger would raise prices, reduce quality

In the game of mergers and acquisitions, sometimes hammering out the terms of a deal is only half the battle.

The proposed acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T, worth $39 billion, was…

Congress Looking At Balancing The Online Scales With Main Street Fairness

It may pale in comparison to the titanic Congressional struggle over the debt ceiling, but the ongoing nexus tax battle between states and Internet retailers like Amazon is receiving national attention. With separate federal tax bills slated for introduction in…

Commission Junction Responds To California’s New Nexus Law

Commission Junction responded today on the heels of California passage the Affiliate Nexus Tax. Kerri Pollard, President of Commission Junction, one of the world’s largest and highest regarded affiliate networks provided the following statement which was provided to us by…

Performance Marketing Association Picks Up Nexus Gauntlet

Tired of waiting for states to do the right thing, today the Performance Marketing Association (PMA) filed suit in United States District Court challenging the constitutionality of the recently enacted Illinois’ law outlined in House…

Seeking Nexus California Only Hurts Itself

California, the state known for its innovation and commitment to start ups, stands on the edge of a massive change to its business landscape. In the pursuit tax dollars, the California Senate recently passed SB 234, a…

Relief On The Horizon For Colorado Affiliates

Last Wednesday, Colorado affiliates heard news that may signal a shift in the fight against so-called “Amazon taxes.” On May 2, 2011, Colorado lawmakers introduced HB 11-1318, which repeals Colorado’s version of the “Amazon tax,”