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Amazon Fights Back Against Online Sales Tax Law

13 July 2011

Quick, show of hands: who wants to pay more in taxes? That’s what I thought. Clearly, Amazon.com is right. The online retail giant is planning on asking voters to chime in on whether they want to pay more in taxes. Okay, not exactly. They’re really asking voters in California to overturn the controversial new state law requiring [...]

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California Steps Up Efforts to Tax Online Sales

3 June 2011

So I’m not one for “I told you so” but… Okay, who are we kidding? I totally am. About two and a half years ago, I suggested that California, despite its reputation as a mecca for start-up, tech and internet based businesses, might consider aggressively pursuing existing sales tax laws in an effort to draw [...]

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Yachtgate is Over

28 July 2010

The whole of Massachusetts – nay, the world – can issue a collective sigh of relief now: Yachtgate has finally come to an end. Senator John F. Kerry (D-MA) has announced that he will “voluntarily” pay $500,000 to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue for the use of his yacht. Kerry’s luxury yacht is reportedly worth [...]

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Accountants Sue Charity for Firing

18 October 2009

Stephanie Dean and Stefani Hovarter (yeah, I know!) have filed a lawsuit against Feed The Children for wrongful dismissal. Dean and Hovarter claim that they were fired after pointing out to the charity that more than $1 million was owed to the State of Oklahoma. The tax allegedly owed is in the form of use [...]

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