Dear Author » Tax http://dearauthor.com Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Mon, 28 May 2012 15:47:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Amazon Sues New York for the Sales Tax http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/amazon-sues-new-york-for-the-sales-tax/ http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/amazon-sues-new-york-for-the-sales-tax/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 13:14:12 +0000 Jane http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=4384
  • New York wants Amazon to pay Sales Tax
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    • ]]>     I hate online sales tax so I am totally biased against New York’s decision to start charging online retailers to collect state tax. Amazon has decided to challenge this in court arguing that the State of New York lacks jurisdiction to collect sales tax from Amazon on the basis that because of its lack of physical presence in the state and that there are no in-state representatives soliciting sales. Amazon has brought the suit under due process, commerce clause, and discrimination clauses. In this, I can support Amazon.

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    ]]>     http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/amazon-sues-new-york-for-the-sales-tax/feed/ 9     House Approves Extension on Internet Tax Abatement http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/house-approves-extension-on-internet-tax-abatement/ http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/house-approves-extension-on-internet-tax-abatement/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:23:30 +0000 Jane http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/10/16/house-approves-extension-on-internet-tax-abatement/
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    • ]]>     In a 405-2 vote, the House approved a bill extending the time in which web services remain tax free. The bill restricts state and local governments from taxing Internet connections including DSL, cable and Blackberry-type wireless transmissions. There was a push toward making the ban permanent but it wasn’t part of the existing bill. The overwhelming vote, however, seems to indicate that a permanent ban would easily pass.

    The bill does not address whether goods sold over the internet should be subject to taxation. The lonely two that voted Nay?

    Anna Eshoo of California who wanted the ban to be permanent and Representative Mike Turner of Ohio for whom I could find no reason.

    Via CNet.

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