If you’re like most U.S. sellers doing a significant volume of sales, you’ve begun receiving Form 1099-K from payment processors. But should you be concerned if the amounts being reported to the IRS on Form 1099-K is different from your Read more
Overstock.com said it would appeal the tentative ruling of a California trial court which prohibits the company from comparison price advertising unless done in conformity with court-mandated practices, which Overstock.com says diverge widely from industry standards. The problem for Overstock.com Read more
Small merchants and individuals who sell online will most certainly come across an unpleasant reality sooner or later: the need to provide their taxpayer ID (a social security number or EIN) to any entity that processes payments on their behalf. Read more
eBay’s shipping calculator is in violation of another company’s patents, according to a lawsuit filed on December 20th. Paid Inc. is suing eBay for patent infringement, claiming it had demonstrated its online shipping calculator to eBay in 2001, over a Read more
Dire economic forecasts couples with unending demands on state financial resources appeared to be a catalyst that would lead more states to pass “Amazon laws,” where online retailers would be forced to collect sales tax regardless of their location. But Read more
The lure of easy money with minimal work has ensnared a business and several dozen consumers, with the Idaho Attorney Generalbecoming involved after multiple complaints. The department’s investigation into a Boise firm called eCommerce Support LLC led to a settlement that Read more
It took almost 2 years, but a seller who filed a class action lawsuit against eBay over its Featured Plus optional listing upgrade has reached a court-approved preliminary settlement with eBay. The company, while denying the allegations and not admitting Read more
When he wasn’t lofting kites into stormy skies, Benjamin Franklin was requoting memorable lines from Hamlet like “neither a borrower nor a lender be.” It’s advice the parties embroiled in a legal kerfuffle over the usage of an eBay and Read more
After eBay warned sellers last month about how Congress might try to pass the Marketplace Fairness Act, it came out swinging again on Cyber Monday over the online sales tax issue. This time, eBay criticized the SBA(Small Business Administration). eBay said an SBA study failed Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case brought by Amazon and Overstock challenging a law in New York state requiring some out-of-state Internet retailers to collect sales taxes. The case stems from a statute enacted in 2008 Read more
