Online Taxes
President Trump renewed his attack on Amazon.com Wednesday, tweeting that the e-commerce giant is "doing great damage to tax-paying retailers" and removing jobs in cities. Trump's blistering tweet was issued hours after The Washington Post โ the newspaper owned by Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos โ ran an editorial with the headline, "Mr. Trump gives comfort to racists." Totalโฆ
Welcome to this episode of Retail Right Now. Today, Total Retail reviews Amazon's tax amnesty program for its FBA sellers, Amazon Instant Pickup, and Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank's resignation from President Trump's advisory jobs panel.
Amazon.com sellers owing an estimated $2 billion in uncollected sales taxes are being offered a chance to waive those charges. CNBC reports 13 states have come together to announce a new sales tax amnesty program for online merchants who sell on Amazon and other online sites. Starting August 17, sellers with potential tax liability canโฆ
A growing number of states are sending out notices to online and catalog companies based outside their jurisdiction requiring such companies to now comply with this or that new law or regulation (key word here: โoutsideโ). Chances are, your company has received one or more of these notices even though you have no physical presenceโฆ
Members of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sparred over the implications of a bill that aims to take away statesโ ability to collect online sales taxes. Republicans clashed within their own party and with Democrats in a hearing over whether or not H.R. 2887, the โNo Regulation Without Representationโ act, would help local economies or violateโฆ
President Donald Trump took to social media earlier this week to attack Amazon.com, claiming incorrectly that it owns the Washington Post in a scheme to dodge โinternet taxes.โ Amazon doesnโt own the newspaper; its CEO, Jeff Bezos, bought it himself. Furthermore, while there isnโt a federal โinternet tax,โ as Trump contends, Amazon has started to collect salesโฆ
NetChoice, a trade association of internet companies and organizations, and American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA), a trade association representing the interests of companies, individuals and organizations engaged in and supporting catalog marketing, have filed a suit to stop Massachusetts from requiring out-of-state online retailers to collect sales taxes. The groups are suing over a regulation โ slatedโฆ
Over the last several months, the retail industry has closely watched what the federal government would determine to be an appropriate sales tax collection approach for remote sellers. While several bills are still pending at the federal level, Amazon.com, the granddaddy of e-commerce, just made the jump to finalize the collection and remittance of sales andโฆ
Over the last several months, the retail industry has closely watched what the federal government would determine to be an appropriate sales tax collection approach for remote sellers. While several bills are still pending at the federal level, Amazon.com, the granddaddy of e-commerce, just made the jump to finalize the collection and remittance of sales and [โฆ]
Popular online fashion company LuLaRoe says it has fixed the problem that led to a class-action fraud lawsuit and issued refunds, but plaintiffs attorneys object to the company's actions and are moving forward with the case. Rachael Webster filed her complaint Feb. 17 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, alleging LuLaRoeโฆ