Affiliate Newsletter – October 2012 Hot off the press, the October Affiliate Newsletter! There have been updates made to the Affiliate Nexus Tax in the state of California. Please make sure to keep up to date on that if you are from California. There has also been an update made to the Merchant Summary […]
Breaking News: CA Work Around for Affiliate Tax Established!
Big news coming out from the Performance Marketing Association (PMA) this week – Merchants may be able to continue partnerships with California Affiliates! The PMA announced in a Legislative Bulletin this week that they have successfully negotiated a workaround with the California Board of Equalization (BOE) to allow out of state retailers the ability to […]
ShareASale Performance Awards 2009
This marks the second year of the annual ShareASale Performance Awards. Congratulations to all the winners, we had so many great choices this year and it was a pleasure (yet a difficult task) to go through them all. 1. Exceptional Affiliate of 2009 – This award is presented to a single affiliate (which is hard […]
Upcoming things you can do to help re: #advertisingtax
There are a couple of initiatives currently ongoing that offer you a chance to help out on the issue of the #AdvertisingTax. The efforts of the legislature in various States are sure to increase with the upcoming New Year – and we need your help. What is the Advertising Tax? Many State governments are attempting […]
Sales and Use Tax RE: Missouri #advertisingtax
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 receipts in the […]
Updates on California and Hawaii #advertisingtax
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 have a very big […]
California “Advertising Tax” is back. We need your help.
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 Issue California is attempting to […]
How you can help. Re: #advertisingtax
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 locate, and initiate […]
It is illegal to give a dog whiskey in Illinois…
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 most … interesting. I […]
NY State and the “Affiliate Sales Tax” Law…
Hey all, I know there has been lots of talk about the new law going into effect in NY concerning affiliates, sales tax, and such… ShareASale has always believed that affiliates deserve a right to privacy in this industry – as well as a balanced position on transparency that allows merchants to know the things […]