Sales and Use Tax RE: Missouri #advertisingtax

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Hey Everyone, looks like there is another State entering into the #advertisingtax mix. The below document is already a State regulation - and is now being used broadly to target Merchants with affiliate programs. Some interesting notes from the regulation document: In order to qualify under the term of "Vendor", total gross ...

Updates on California and Hawaii #advertisingtax

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Yesterday we were pleased to hear the news from both California and Hawaii that their respective governors vetoed bills containing language on the #advertisingtax. Here are a couple of press releases and news articles from the event, this is a very positive development for two reasons. 1. Obviously, the #advertisingtax would ...

California “Advertising Tax” is back. We need your help.

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

As you may already be aware, the State of California is again considering "affiliate nexus" language in their budget which could be voted on as early as one week from today. The importance and urgency can’t be emphasized enough: your business is under attack, and your livelihood is threatened. The ...

How you can help. Re: #advertisingtax

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

I've had a lot of emails come to me asking "How can I help" with regards to the proposed "Affiliate Sale Tax" laws in so many States. So - I've put together a little post about what I think speficially you can do - right now. The most important thing is to ...

It is illegal to give a dog whiskey in Illinois…

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

I spent the day today going over some laws that have been enacted by the State of Illinois (my home State) - just to get some perspective. Lucky for those of you who don't live in Illinois, you are not subject to the following legislation. I found a few that were ...