'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Tax-free shopping is under threat for many online shoppers as states facing widening budget gaps increasingly pressure Amazon.com Inc. and other Internet retailers to start collecting sales taxes from their residents.
Tax-free shopping is under threat for many online shoppers as states facing widening budget gaps increasingly pressure Amazon.com Inc. and other Internet retailers to start collecting sales taxes from their residents.
"To be clear, this is not an equitable solution for all businesses in the state," said Rebecca Madigan, executive director of the Performance Marketing Association, Inc., a trade association. "It is, in fact, very disappointing to the 25,000 small online businesses whose incomes were devastated when the affiliate nexus tax first passed in June."
Rebecca Madigan, executive director of California-based Performance Marketing Association, said those affiliates then saw 25 percent to 30 percent declines in revenue.
