Amazon will provide Rhode Island with the names and addresses of sellers who made sales to customers located in the state in 2017, saying it believes it is required to do so under a new Rhode Island state law. It Read more
There are 45 states that impose statewide sales tax, and some of them are now making things complicated for online sellers and the marketplaces on which they sell, as Etsy and its sellers are discovering. At least two states have 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
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
This week US Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15) held a roundtable meeting with a group of eBay sellers at eWaste Direct in Livermore, California. In attendance were the owners of eWaste Direct, Angie and Joe Nelson, as well as eBay sellers Read more
US Representative and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert Goodlatte, R-Va., is muddying the water with a completely new approach to the online sales tax issue. Last week, he released draft online sales tax legislation called the Online Sales Simplification Act Read more
eBay warned sellers that Congress could pass online sales tax legislation once it returns from summer recess. The company’s government relations team keeps interested users – many of them small businesses – informed of regulatory issues through its eBay Main Read more
More states are finding creative ways to put the burden of collecting sales tax on out-of-state merchants, thanks in part to Supreme Court Justice Kennedy (see more in this Law.com article about what’s happening and why). A new bill was introduced this Read more
Add Vermont to the list of states trying to put the burden of sales tax onto out-of-state sellers instead of on their residents who shop online. The state apparently wants online merchants to educate its residents about their sales use Read more
Rhode Island Representative Brian P. Kennedy wants online sellers across the nation to collect the state’s sales tax when selling to a customer in Rhode Island, regardless of whether the seller has nexus in the state. The representative introduced House Read more
