Online Taxes
January 15, 2018 at 9:50 am
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider freeing state and local governments to collect billions of dollars in sales taxes from online retailers, agreeing to revisit a 26-year-old ruling that has made much of the internet a tax-free zone. Heeding calls from traditional retailers and dozens of states, the justices said they will hear South Dakota’s contention…
August 18, 2017 at 11:23 am
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 — the newspaper owned by Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos — ran an editorial with the headline, "Mr. Trump gives comfort to racists." Total…
August 18, 2017 at 10:23 am
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.
August 17, 2017 at 11:17 am
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 can…
August 8, 2017 at 10:33 am
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: “outside”). Chances are, your company has received one or more of these notices even though you have no physical presence…
July 26, 2017 at 10:55 am
Members of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sparred over the implications of a bill that aims to take away states’ 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 “No Regulation Without Representation” act, would help local economies or violate…
June 30, 2017 at 10:17 am
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 “internet taxes.” Amazon doesn’t own the newspaper; its CEO, Jeff Bezos, bought it himself. Furthermore, while there isn’t a federal “internet tax,” as Trump contends, Amazon has started to collect sales…
June 14, 2017 at 10:27 am
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 — slated…
April 28, 2017 at 10:00 am
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…
April 4, 2017 at 3:33 pm
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 […]
