Comments on: Amazon.com Did Not Even “Come Close” In Tax Case

By: Amazon Fights Back Against Online Sales Tax Law | taxgirl

Amazon Fights Back Against Online Sales Tax Law | taxgirl — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:57:21 +0000

[...] have struck down admittedly ongoing challenges to similar laws in places like New York. So, Amazon is well aware of the risks. The odds are probably best for them by just asking the [...]

By: Amazon Fights Back Against Online Sales Tax Law - Kelly Phillips Erb - Taxgirl - Forbes

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:01:53 +0000

[...] have struck down admittedly ongoing challenges to similar laws in places like New York. So, Amazon is well aware of the risks. The odds are probably best for them by just asking the [...]

By: WalMart Love » Amazon Fights Back Against Online Sales Tax Law

WalMart Love » Amazon Fights Back Against Online Sales Tax Law — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:23:23 +0000

[...] have struck down admittedly ongoing challenges to similar laws in places like New York. So, Amazon is well aware of the risks. The odds are probably best for them by just asking the [...]

By: Amazon Fights Back Against Online Sales Tax Law | Financial Publicity

Amazon Fights Back Against Online Sales Tax Law | Financial Publicity — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:02:35 +0000

[...] have struck down admittedly ongoing challenges to similar laws in places like New York. So, Amazon is well aware of the risks. The odds are probably best for them by just asking the [...]

By: California Steps Up Efforts to Tax Online Sales | taxgirl

California Steps Up Efforts to Tax Online Sales | taxgirl — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:45:48 +0000

[...] About two and a half years ago, I suggested that California, despite its reputation as a mecca for start-up, tech and internet based…. [...]

By: California Steps Up Efforts to Tax Online Sales - Kelly Phillips Erb - Taxgirl - Forbes

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:50:54 +0000

[...] About two and a half years ago, I suggested that California, despite its reputation as a mecca for start-up, tech and internet based…. [...]

By: California Steps Up Efforts to Tax Online Sales | Sjef.info

California Steps Up Efforts to Tax Online Sales | Sjef.info — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:28:24 +0000

[...] About two and a half years ago, I suggested that California, despite its reputation as a mecca for start-up, tech and internet based…. [...]

By: Even Sales Tax Bills Are Bigger in Texas | taxgirl

Even Sales Tax Bills Are Bigger in Texas | taxgirl — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:13:10 +0000

[...] on Amazon’s legal team at this point. They have already been vigorously defending matters in New York, North Carolina, Hawaii and Rhode [...]

By: NC v. Amazon: Round Two | taxgirl

NC v. Amazon: Round Two | taxgirl — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:31:44 +0000

[...] I blogged last year that Amazon.com was picking a fight with the Tarheel State by notifying its affiliates that it would cease to do business with residents of NC due to an “unconstitutional tax collection scheme” that left “Amazon.com little choice but to end its relationships” with them. The tax scheme in question was an effort to tax online sales in the state based on the idea that sales affiliates in the state constituted a “presence” for sales tax purposes. It’s not a new argument: since many traditional brick and mortar stores have been replaced with optic fibers, the notion of what having a presence means for tax purposes has been in controversy and taxing online sales is, in my opinion, creeping closer to becoming a reality. Painfully aware of the trend, Amazon.com fired off the letter to North Carolina affiliates just months after the state of New York successfully defended a similar sales tax position with the online giant. In that case, a judge ruled that Amazon.com did “not come close” to demonstrating that the sales tax l…. [...]

By: Is Amazon.com Playing Favorites? | taxgirl

Is Amazon.com Playing Favorites? | taxgirl — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:58:37 +0000

[...] They did, however, challenge the imposition of the tax and lost. A strongly worded opinion from the court noted that Amazon didn’t “even come close” in successfully arguing that the affiliate programs were merely advertising. At the time, I [...]