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Vermont Joins Internet Sales Tax Arena

Vermont is the latest state to introduce Internet sales tax legislation.  While debate continue in other states Vermont is gearing up and formally introduced legislation this week.  It becomes evident that momentum for modernized nexus regulations  is rapidly gaining. Vermont Internet Sales Tax legislation is House Bill 661. The bill was introduced by Representatives Jeffrey Wilson, John Rodgers [...]

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Colorado Affiliate Tax Passes House

As of 10:14 (EST)today this is the current status of some of the pending legislation.  Each represents the latest officially posted status of the bill.  (You may also see reports from lobbyists in other media but I prefer to use the legislators reports and confirmations.)
Colorado HB1193 Passes House first vote (second reading,is voice vote).  Next [...]

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Map of Activity

During our Affiliate Advocacy “Prepare for Nexus Legislation” webinar earlier today, I included a map of legislative activity. This map indicates anticipated activity.
We’ve determined that at least thirteen states are high risk to introduce modern nexus legislation or otherwise adopting changes necessary that may impact the relationship between affiliates and merchants. These states appear in [...]

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Sales Tax Solutions for Merchants

Last month, while attending the ShareASale Inc Think Tank, I had the opportunity to meet with John Perri who is the Director, Enterprise Sales at Avalara.  Avalara is a full service sales tax management company; they provide merchants of all sizes, with the technology necessary to automate sales and use tax collection on a multi-state basis.
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July 03 Updates on Internet Tax

The major developments come from Hawaii and Rhode Island. The Governor of Rhode Island  signed the budget bill and therefore, Rhode Island Internet tax has arrived.  In Hawaii, Governor Lingle vetoed HB1405 which is Hawaii’s version of the Internet Tax; Hawaii is not yet safe. We are now watching to see if legislators override the veto in Hawaii. [...]

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