Online sellers are being swept up in new confusion this year over Form 1099K as they prepare to file their income tax with the IRS and their state departments of revenue. New laws targeting income tax evaders are impacting small Read more
eBay issued a warning to UK sellers advising them to comply with Value Added Tax (VAT) obligations. The company said it works with the country’s tax agency HMRC on preventing tax evasion, and said it would take action against sellers Read more
Amazon is joining with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase to create a new nonprofit company that will examine ways to improve US employee satisfaction in healthcare while reducing costs. The initial focus will be on technology solutions. Amazon founder Jeff Read more
eBay’s Director of Global Public Policy Hanne Melin Olbe published an essay about inequalities between citizens of the same country, which she said are becoming a greater political concern. However, “Technology is empowering entrepreneurs in more disadvantaged areas, in ways Read more
eBay posted an announcement about tax reform on its eBay Main Street blog, the company’s grassroots initiative run by its lobbying department. It called out some provisions of the bill passed by the Senate over the weekend, which has some Read more
eBay’s Government Relations team thanked one of its sellers for going to Capitol Hill to testify before the Joint Economic Committee on trade issues. Nick Quade is an eBay Small Business Ambassador who runs the computer networking equipment company Relay Read more
It’s no secret eBay lobbies Congress on matters such as online sales tax and global trade issues, and the company recently hosted Senator Lindsey Graham at its headquarters in California. The Senator met with CEO Devin Wenig and the head Read more
TaxJar launched a new service for online sellers that will file sales tax returns on their behalf and remit sales tax payments due in all states. The program works automatically, ensuring merchants their filings are completed on time. Press release Read more
A new bill that is favored by Overstock.com would prevent states from requiring out-of-state sellers to collect sales tax for transactions involving their states’ shoppers. Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner introduced the No Regulation Without Representation Act of 2017 in the House Read more
eBay is asking for sellers’ help to ward off legislation that, if passed, would require all sellers from every state to collect online sales tax for transactions involving buyers in Washington state – no matter how small the online seller. Read more
