Many sellers were caught off guard in January when some marketplaces including Etsy began collecting sales tax on purchases originating in Washington state thanks to its new law. Pennsylvania has fallen in Washington’s footsteps and is forcing marketplaces to comply Read more
Newegg apologized to Connecticut customers after it handed over their transaction data to the state. As reported in the March 4th issue of Newsflash, Avalara said Connecticut had coerced some non-collecting online merchants to agree to either begin collecting tax Read more
Some members of Congress wanted to see an online-sales tax provision included in the latest spending bill. On Monday, eBay thanked its sellers for writing to their representatives to urge them not to include it. The company noted that participants Read more
eBay sent an email this week warning sellers about new legislation introduced in Congress called the Remote Transaction Parity Act. It said the internet sales tax legislation would be harmful, and noted there was no small-business exemption in the bill. Read more
As states employ new strategies to get out-of-state merchants to collect sales tax for their residents, Avalara has launched a new report to help Amazon FBA sellers. The report provides monthly updates and a more accurate view of fulfillment activities, Read more
Amazon and Etsy began collecting Washington state sales tax on behalf of third-party merchants this year in a move that caught many sellers by surprise. Next up, Pennsylvania. All thanks to “Marketplace Facilitators” laws. Sellers are dealing with regulation on Read more
eBay announced this week it would begin displaying UK VAT numbers on listings: “If you have previously provided us with a UK VAT number, this will now be automatically displayed on your listings, effective from 21 February 2018.” It also Read more
Amazon will provide Rhode Island with the names and addresses of sellers who made sales to customers located in the state in 2017, saying it believes it is required to do so under a new Rhode Island state law. It Read more
There are 45 states that impose statewide sales tax, and some of them are now making things complicated for online sellers and the marketplaces on which they sell, as Etsy and its sellers are discovering. At least two states have Read more
PayPal provided us with some clarification on the duplicate 1099Ks some Etsy sellers received this month. PayPal and other payment providers are required to send Form 1099K to sellers and to the IRS showing the amount they processed on the Read more
