If you’re clicking through the internet today hoping to do a little shopping, you likely have Aaron Montgomery Ward to thank. On August 18, 1872,
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European Commission Broadens Tax Inquiries To Include Amazon: Google, Microsoft, & McDonald’s May Follow
Move over, Apple, Starbucks & Fiat: it appears you have some company. Last month, the European Commission announced that it would be formally investigating the
Read MoreThere’s A Lot Wrong With The Internet Sales Tax Proposal, So Why Aren’t More People Talking About It?
“Why are you so quiet?” I’m never accused of being quiet. But this time, I have been quiet and I guess a bit of an
Read More2012: The Year In Taxes
Each year, I try to do a wrap-up of the year in tax. With so much going on this weekend in Congress, I almost didn’t
Read MoreGuest Post: Online Sales Tax
Submitted by KARA HAAS In recent years online shopping has become an unspoken tax haven. It seems as though it is similar to offshore bank
Read MoreGuest Post: Why I Support The Marketplace Fairness Act
Submitted by STEN R. WILSON Everyone seems to think that online sales tax collection is about large online companies, like Amazon, trying to crush small
Read MoreCyber Monday Sales Tax Free For Many – But For How Long?
I don’t do the whole Black Friday thing. There is nothing (and I mean nothing) that I want/need/crave/desire enough to stand in line with a
Read MoreMore States Eye Amazon Sales Tax Deal
So who didn’t see this coming? With the ink barely dry on California’s internet sales tax deal with Amazon, other states are chatting up a similar
Read MoreNew Law Repeals “Amazon Tax”
Talk about down to the wire… The Amazon deal is so fresh (it was passed after 10pm last night) that you can’t find much in
Read MoreClock Ticking On Amazon Deal
Yesterday, the web lit up early (including on my site) with commentary about Amazon.com’s supposed tax deal with the State of California. And then… crickets.
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