President Trump called for a crackdown on marketplaces this week, but European regulators have been trying to go much further, with a focus on protecting sellers rather than brands. The President, who is familiar with Intellectual Property issues through his Read more
As of today, California is requiring out-of-state sellers to start collecting sales tax from California buyers, joining numerous other states with such laws. California allows an exception for small sellers: Out-of-state sellers must have more than $100,000 in taxable sales Read more
Buyers who are exempt from paying state sales tax can now purchase items on eBay without being incorrectly charged tax. Word of this development comes not from an eBay announcement, but from a reader who forwarded us an email he Read more
eBay began collecting sales tax from buyers located in certain states but has no way to accommodate buyers who are exempt from paying sales tax on their purchases – a problem that as we noted, could inhibit sales. Today, eBay Read more
Online sellers aren’t the only ones scrambling to comply with a web of sales tax laws from myriad jurisdictions. State lawmakers are targeting everything that moves online, as residents of New Jersey are discovering. Residents along the Jersey Shore are Read more
A reader forwarded us an Advisory Opinion from the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance on an issue of sales tax collection. The operator of an online marketplace for asked the state about its responsibilities when it comes Read more
eBay has begun to collect sales tax from buyers located in certain states, including Washington, thanks to Marketplace Facilitator laws, and eBay included news relating to that development in its Early Seller Update last week. eBay announced it would begin Read more
Online marketplace Bonanza has partnered with TaxCloud so that its sellers can connect their stores to the fee-based online sales-tax compliance service. TaxCloud has made similar arrangements with Etsy and Shopify and is also available in the Amazon Marketplace Appstore. Read more
Etsy has added to the list of states for which it collects sales tax under Marketplace Facilitator laws. For Etsy-only sellers, such laws can simplify compliance issues, but for multi-channel sellers, such laws add yet another wrinkle to the herculean Read more
There’s big money in offering solutions to painful problems, and one major pain for small online sellers is dealing with online sales tax compliance. TaxJar announced today it has closed a $60 million funding round. Calls itself the “fastest growing Read more
