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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.
I have been paying internet sales tax here in Colorado for over a year now. What get me is why are countries excluded from this like China. They deal with ebay, and sell on the internet.
The language in the bill directly targets any business that “…utilizes an electronic marketplace for the purpose of making products or services available for sale to the public.”
That ain’t a coincidence – this is a bullet that’s been deliberately aimed right at us.