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Is Amazon.com Playing Favorites?

1 July 2009

Last year, New York decided to aggressively pursue a sales tax rule already on the books by expanding the definition of venue to include companies with affiliates physically present in the state. Many vendors, Amazon.com included, made a lot of noise about pulling their affiliate program; interestingly, Amazon.com didn’t go anywhere. They did, however, challenge [...]

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Buy Fresh, Buy Local, Pay Tax

17 May 2009

Yesterday, the Lowe’s sale paper arrived at our house. The pictures of healthy plants on the front page convinced me to rush out and buy gardening stuff (granted, it doesn’t usually take much convincing). But instead of heading for the big box of Lowe’s, we went to Greensgrow Nursery, which I joke is my urban [...]

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You Can Leave Your Hat On – and Your Wallet At the Door

20 March 2009

New York state needs money has found its moral center – and it’s in Brooklyn. New York Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, who represents Brooklyn, has proposed a new tax on strip clubs. The bill would impose a $10 per patron tax for any business that provides for any adult entertainment business featuring nude or partly nude [...]

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Tax and Online Sales: A Conversation with Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO

22 February 2009

I am not a shoe girl. This horrifies my colleagues who, I’m pretty sure, wish I could find other than black clogs and tennis shoes to wear on a regular basis (little do they know that they’re lucky that, having grown up in the rural South, I even bother to put on shoes). But for [...]

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

14 January 2009

With very little fanfare, a tax case in New York may shake up the online world as we know it. In April 2008, New York passed a new law targeting online sales and requiring that online retailers collect and remit sales tax to the state. Amazon.com balked at the new law and later filed suit [...]

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Governor Paterson Not Sweet on Soda: Fat Tax Proposal

20 December 2008

Following in the footsteps of Alabama and countries like the UK, the state of New York is considering imposing a so-called “fat tax.” While each municipality is a little different, the New York proposal would slap an 18% tax on sodas and sugar-filled drinks which contain less than 70% real fruit juice. The official position [...]

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“Late Filing Syndrome” Cited As Reason for Not Filing Taxes On Time

26 October 2008

Oh to be in politics and have lawyers at my beck and call that can devise the most creative strategies ever for not playing fair… No, I’m not talking about the McCain/Obama presidential race. I’m referring to Charles O’Byrne, the now former Chief of Staff for the Governor of New York. O’Byrne, a law school [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Affiliate Advertising, NY and Amazon

4 July 2008

Taxpayer asks: Dear taxgirl, I am confused. I saw your post about amazon.com and sales tax in New York. I live in New York. Do I have to collect sales tax now for amazon? What about my other affiliate sites? Help! I think I am doing something wrong. Taxgirl says: The post that you’re referring [...]

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Holy Zappos! New York is Collecting Sales Tax on Online Sales.

15 June 2008

Many online retailers received a shock last month when they received official notice from the State of New York that they must register and begin collecting sales tax. Until this month, companies that didn’t have a store or “physical presence” in New York were not required to collect the sales tax. This idea of taxation [...]

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Cheaper Clothes in New York City?

4 September 2007

As of Saturday, New York City shoppers got a break: they no longer have to pay city sales tax on clothes and shoes. Mayor Bloomberg proposed sales tax relief in June and it went into effect on September 1 – just in time for the Labor Day shopping weekend. The measure eliminates a 4% city [...]

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