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Online sales tax could hit Utah companies
Internet companies that have set up shop in Utah may be faced with collecting additional sales tax. Overstock, Backcountry, Ancestry and others have major operations in Utah, and do not collect sales...
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Alabama Judge Rules on Sales Tax and Nexus
Alabama: Where There is Nexus, There is Sales Tax. Where There is Not, There is Not. How much of a presence in a particular tax jurisdiction is enough to create nexus? What types of activities /...
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Amazon and Overstock v. New York
Amazon and Overstock v. New York. Amazon and Overstock are taking on the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance in the New York Court of Appeals. The online retailers are suing the state...
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New York: Amazon & Overstock Must Collect Tax
The New York Court of Appeals: Click-Through Nexus is Constitutional The New York Court of Appeals has ruled against Amazon and Overstock, determining that New York State’s 2008 amendment requiring...
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Missouri Amazon Tax
Missouri adds affiliate nexus law. A new law in Missouri clarifies what is meant by the phrase, “Engages in business activities within this state.” Under the law, a vendor is presumed to “engage in...
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Is New York’s Amazon Tax Headed to Supreme Court?
New York’s Amazon tax may be on its way to the Supreme Court. It’s official. Both Amazon’s and Overstock‘s petitions for writ of certiorari have been filed with the Supreme Court, asking the court to...
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A Sales Tax Puzzle: Amazon and the Supreme Court
Will the fate of online sales tax be determined in the Supreme Court? Amazon is like a puzzle. Tracking the company’s different responses to collecting state sales tax makes a person wonder how all...
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Michigan Moves Towards Remote Sales Tax
Michigan lawmakers push for remote sales tax. Michigan residents are required to pay use tax to the state when they don’t pay sales tax on items purchased online, by catalog, by phone, or in a...
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Tax Foundation to Supreme Court: Get Involved in Internet Sales Tax
Supreme Court urged to hear New York’s Internet sales tax case. The Tax Foundation and the National Taxpayer’s Union this week submitted an amicus curiae brief to the United States Supreme Court,...
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Amazon to Terminate Relationship with Maine Affiliates
Maine affiliates are about to feel Amazon’s sting. It happened in Minnesota. It happened in Missouri. And it’s about to happen in Maine. No, this isn’t the beginning of a terrifying Stephen King...
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The State of the Amazon Tax, Fall 2013
The answer is worth millions. Is it okay for states to impose a sales tax collection obligation on remote retailers who do not have a physical presence in the state? That’s the million dollar...
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NY Attorney General Supports New York’s Amazon Tax
Will Amazon tax laws make it to the Supreme Court? The Attorney General of New York has filed a Brief with the United States Supreme Court, opposing petitions for a writ of certiorari presented to the...
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Supreme Court Conference Scheduled for New York v. Amazon, Overstock
The Supreme Court to weigh in on Amazon and Overstock v New York on November 26. The State of New York is involved in a drawn-out legal battle with Amazon and Overstock. Both cases center on the New...
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Supreme Court Denies Amazon, Overstock Appeals
Supreme Court won’t take on New York’s Amazon tax law. In 2008, New York State established an affiliate nexus law requiring Amazon.com, Overstock.com, and many other out-of-state sellers to collect...
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2014: The Year of Online Sales Tax?
Amazon lost NY case and the Supreme Court denied its request for an appeal. What next for online sales tax? New York’s Amazon Tax was given tacit approval by the United States Supreme Court last week,...
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