Ecommerce Industry News
An Amazon seller from Illinois said California’s tax agency froze her bank account just days before Christmas and took over $2,000 from her account. Now she’s fighting back, and it’s a matter of survival. Isabel […]
Online marketplaces and ecommerce platforms have been warning sellers about changes when selling to the UK that take effect on January 1, 2021. The changes are due to Brexit (the withdrawal of the UK from […]
An eBay seller pleaded guilty in connection with selling a lanyard that falsely claimed to protect against viruses. In its announcement, the Department of Justice said the seller listed for sale on eBay an unregistered […]
Online sellers could be facing a sales tax crackdown in 2021, according to Avalara. Many states that eased up on enforcement efforts due to COVID-19 will be looking to accelerate audits as soon as they […]
Amazon has expanded the number of states for which it collects sales tax, it announced this week, adding an additional 11 states and Puerto Rico. Here’s what Amazon told sellers in Tuesday’s announcement: Marketplace Tax […]
Nine more states enacted “marketplace facilitator” laws in the first 6 months of 2020 that require online marketplaces like eBay and Etsy to collect and remit sales tax on behalf of third-party sellers. That’s according […]
Two years after Wayfair, where are we now with online sales tax? Fear, anxiety, and noncompliance. Immediately following the Supreme Court ruling in the landmark Wayfair ruling, dozens of states enacted laws or regulations requiring […]
The UK government is charging a new Digital Services tax (DST), and while Amazon is passing along the tax to sellers, eBay said it would not pass along the tax to its 300,000 UK sellers.. […]
A federal judge has ruled that Kentucky’s attorney general violated the U.S. Constitution when he launched a wave of investigations of third-party sellers over alleged price gouging of essential supplies in their stores on Amazon […]
Selling ill-gotten goods online is never a wise decision, and attempting to hide the proceeds from the IRS only compounds matters. The government says a company executive assistant bought unauthorized supplies from Staples and charged […]