Ecommerce Industry News
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 […]
Merchants are fighting back against Kentucky’s price-gouging crackdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Online Merchants Guild (OMG) sued the Commonwealth on Friday claiming its price-control statutes are unconstitutional when applied to online merchants who offer […]
Tax solutions provider Avalara published a guide to tax relief measures governments are taking in response to COVID-19, which it promises to update on a daily basis. A spokesperson said governments are grappling with how […]
On April 1, 2020, marketplace facilitators, such as eBay and Etsy will now be responsible for collecting and remitting Georgia sales and use tax, according to Charles Maniace, Vice President of Regulatory Analysis at Sovos, […]
State sales tax laws are proving to be a burden to small sellers, according to testimony provided to members of a Congressional subcommittee. On March 3rd, the Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, […]
Online marketplace Bonanza updated sellers about changes it’s making to sales tax collection. It’s using third-party service TaxCloud to comply with Marketplace Facilitator laws passed by numerous states around the country. “Many states have added […]