Nexus Negotiator

On Monday, we talked about Georgia being the latest state to enact a law attempting to enforce sales tax collection requirements on out-of-state retailers who sell to Georgia residents. The Minnesota legislature, on the other hand, has just adjourned without passing a similar bill … for the third time. These two very different outcomes may [...]

Last week, Georgia became the latest state to enact ‘click-through’ nexus sales tax legislation. Beginning on December 30, 2012, if you contract with a business or individual in Georgia to provide referrals, either through the Internet or other means, and those referrals result in taxable sales in Georgia of $50,000 or more in the preceding [...]

When you’re developing a cool new website for eCommerce, you’ve got a lot going on. The look, feel and function of the site. You need great content. You need good SEO, and a streamlined way to sell your service or goods. What you don’t need is a tax bill that’s based solely on the physical [...]

If you’re into affiliate marketing, this has been a good month. Not only was Colorado’s attempt at forcing online retailers to collect and divulge information about their CO-based purchasers struck down, but now the Illinois Circuit Court has ruled that the state’s internet tax law is also unconstitutional and invalid. The Illinois law was based [...]

When you buy an appliance or electronic product, you usually are buying a warranty as well. That way, if the piece doesn’t work the way it should, or stops working suddenly, you can have it fixed (if you can’t take it back). But as states expand their definitions of “doing business” across state lines, how [...]