EU: Ebooks are not books because taxes
In a development certain to remind you that you need to do your goddamn taxes already, the European Commission just handed down a big decision regarding tax law as regards… Read more »
Buy these important items on Amazon before it’s too late
Beginning this Friday, Massachusetts will join 13 other states in collecting their fair share of sales tax from Amazon. Taryn Luna writes for the Boston Globe about the final step in… Read more »
All your book reviews are just advertisements for Amazon, says Amazon
This week’s court battle over the role of affiliates turned on the distinction between solicitation versus advertisement… Read more »
Amazon paying up in Arizona
Last year the Arizona state Department of Revenue demanded $53 million in unpaid sales taxes… Read more »
Turnabout is fair play: France proposes taxing Amazon for indie bookstore fund
After innumerable stories about Amazon simply refusing to obey the law and collect sales taxes, along comes perhaps the most delicious bit of news since that bit of belligerence whereby… Read more »
NJ senate advances plan for Amazon tax holiday, while protests grow
Despite “emotional testimony from retailers opposed to the plan,” a bill giving Amazon a 15-month exemption from collecting sales taxes advanced in the New Jersey state senate yesterday, according to… 1 / Read more »
Virginia agrees to let Amazon skip paying taxes, retailers organize in response
After California, Texas, New York and Indiana all enacted legislation forcing Amazon to start collecting the taxes and imposed deadlines to do so, Virginia startled observers of the Amazon-tax-scofflaw issue… Read more »
Pennsylvania to Amazon: Time’s up
Just days after Cyber Monday, the state of Pennsylvania has issued a warning to “remote” retailers that they have 60 days to begin collecting sales taxes. According to report by… 4 / Read more »