End of April Legislative Updates

A few quick updates on some of  the still pending Internet sales tax legislation as well as a few comments on states with existing Internet sales tax laws and some general thoughts. While several other states are on the watch list, Connecticut, Florida, California and Tennessee are four states with more active pending legislation. Legislation is also [...]

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Connecticut Internet Sales Tax Headed for Vote

Connecticut is inching forward in their efforts to require out of state merchants to collect sales tax for online sales. HB 5481, the Connecticut Internet sales tax bill, has received a favorable report and has moved out of the Legislative Commissioner’s Office. It has been assigned a House Calendar Number (301) and it is File [...]

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Legislative Updates for April 8

In Connecticut, HB 5481 was filed with Legislative Commissioner’s Office (LCO) on March 26. The LCO checked it for constitutionality and then sent it to the Office of Fiscal Analysis who will determine any costs involved with implementation. Then, the Office of Legislative Research adds the plain English explanation of the bill . The bill then gets assigned a calendar [...]

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Coffee, Cookies and Newsletters

Over the past two weeks I have been looking into two separate issues involving two different merchants and their newsletters. In one case, I was contacted by the merchant and in the other I was contacted by an Affiliate. In the first case, the Affiliate manager for the merchant emailed me with a question regarding [...]

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Connecticut Finance Committee Passes Internet Sales Tax

Earlier today, the Joint Finance Committee voted in favor of the Internet sales tax bill HB 5481. The vote had heavy support and passed with a vote of 35-13. (There were 8 not voting.) The next step is a final recheck of the bill (which should be quick as it is a repeat of last [...]

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Quick Updates on Florida and Illinois Legislation

As I head off to attend Search Engine Strategies New York, a few quick updates on some pending nexus legislation. In Illinois, SB 3353 (the Illinois Internet sales tax bill), was re-referred to Assignments Committee on March 19. This is not a significant change, it was because the bill was being held and they need more time; [...]

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How to Kill an Affiliate Program

They may not be trying to intentionally kill their affiliate program but announcing the intent to steal affiliate commissions may just accomplish that. Earlier this week, Art.com and AllPosters.com announced a change to their affiliate agreement. Under the new agreement, if you earn under $20 in a year you will forfeit your commissions. Commissions will not rollover to [...]

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Maryland and Connecticut Updates

On Wednesday, the Budget and Taxation Committee of the Maryland legislature held a public hearing on SB 824, the bill for Maryland Internet sales tax. This bill would require out of state merchants to collect sales tax in Maryland if they had Maryland affiliates. Similar to the New York , Rhode Island and North Carolina Internet sales [...]

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Rhode Island Hearing Cancelled

A short but critical post. The hearing in Rhode Island Legislature that was scheduled for Thursday March 18 has been cancelled. At 4:50 PM, all House Finance Committee meetings were cancelled for the 18th. Of course, this means that there will NOT be any testimony on HB 7071 on Thursday. House Finance Hearing Schedule We [...]

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Hearing to Repeal Rhode Island Internet Sales Tax

** As of 4:50 pm on 3/17  the hearing has been cancelled! ** There will be a hearing on  HB 7071, the Rhode Island legislation that will repeal the Internet sales tax in Rhode Island. Introduced on January 12 by Representatives Gallison, McNamara, and Serpa, this bill seeks to remove the language added last year that requires the [...]

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