A recent effort by South Dakota to compel out of state online sellers to collect sales tax from its residents now faces a legal challenge. The state sued 4 large merchantsseeking them to comply with its new law. The next day, Read more
According to his Linkedin profile, Arthur Valdez had been with Amazon since September 1999, with a background running the company’s fulfillment, transportation, and logistics operations. So imagine Amazon’s chagrin to learn he accepted a position at Target to head its Read more
When the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne presented his 2016 budget, he had a warning for online sellers and online marketplaces, saying it was unfair when small businessmen and women compete against foreign companies on the Internet that Read more
If you sell online and don’t declare your earnings to government tax agencies, you could find yourself in hot water, as one married couple from North Carolina discovered. A federal grand jury indicted the pair for tax fraud, including conspiracy Read more
When an overseas buyer returns an item for a refund, should the seller have to pay duties? eBay thinks not, as its government relations team indicated in a blog post this week. “eBay strongly encourages the Senate to take up Read more
Taxes are complicated, and that’s just as true for state and local sales tax as it is for income tax. Online sellers are required to collect sales tax wherever they have a physical presence. Whether that’s one state or many, Read more
Amazon is frequently blamed for reducing tax revenue in states where it doesn’t collect online sales tax, but a new report points to another way the company could be hurting state and local government coffers: lost property taxes. An organization Read more
Online sellers in Europe are now required to provide a link to a new platform offering consumers Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) services. The former director of online dispute resolution for eBay and PayPal Colin Rule hailed the move as evidence Read more
Alabama is defying a 1992 Supreme Court ruling about out-of-state sales-tax collection requirements, and catalog companies are warning that similar regulations could quickly spread to other states. The regulation, which took effect on January 1st, reads in part: “…an out-of-state Read more
Concern about gun control has helped boost the sales of guns in the past. In 2008, the founder of GunBroker told us that sales had picked up around the time President Obama was elected over concern that about his agenda. Read more
