Amazon Reacts to Tax Law by Dumping Colorado Affiliates
Amazon Reacts to Tax Law by Dumping Colorado Affiliates
March 9, 2010 /EIN PRESSWIRE/ A law enacted by legislators mandating online retailers notify their shoppers in Colorado that they must pay a 2.9 percent sales tax on purchases has provoked Amazon.com to sever ties with the Colorado-based participants of its affiliate program.
Amazon sent an email to its affiliates Monday, saying lawmakers "clearly intended to increase the compliance burden to a point where online retailers will be induced to voluntarily collect Colorado sales tax — a course we won't take."
Gov. Bill Ritter issued a statement saying Amazon is "simply trying to avoid compliance with Colorado law." The author of the bill, Jack Pommer, went step one further, saying "It's blackmail, it's flat-out blackmail. It shows the lengths to which they'll go to keep the advantage they have over other local businesses."
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March 9, 2010 /EIN PRESSWIRE/ A law enacted by legislators mandating online retailers notify their shoppers in Colorado that they must pay a 2.9 percent sales tax on purchases has provoked Amazon.com to sever ties with the Colorado-based participants of its affiliate program.
Amazon sent an email to its affiliates Monday, saying lawmakers "clearly intended to increase the compliance burden to a point where online retailers will be induced to voluntarily collect Colorado sales tax — a course we won't take."
Gov. Bill Ritter issued a statement saying Amazon is "simply trying to avoid compliance with Colorado law." The author of the bill, Jack Pommer, went step one further, saying "It's blackmail, it's flat-out blackmail. It shows the lengths to which they'll go to keep the advantage they have over other local businesses."
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Located at http://marketing.einnews.com, Marketing & Advertising Industry Today is a service of EIN News, an industry leader in news monitoring for business professionals and analysts. Using a combination of proprietary search technology and human editing, EIN News delivers to its members the latest marketing news from around the world, saving them valuable time they'd spend searching for information. New users to Marketing & Advertising Industry Today can enjoy a no-obligation, one-week free trial.
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