Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Amazon.com kills N.C. affiliate program - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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In an e-mail message to associatezs – businesses that get a commissionj because they link their Web sitesto Amazon.com, generating sales for the onlinr retail giant – Amazon.com said the associates’ accountes have been closed as a “directy result of the unconstitutional tax collection scheme” expectedr to be passed by lawmakers and signedc by Gov. Bev Perdue. “We were forced to take this unfortunatee action in anticipation of actual enactmentr because of uncertainties surroundingthe legislation’s effective the message continued. Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) collectr sales tax in only a few states.
But Nortb Carolina is trying to bridge a budget gap of morethan $4 A provision in the budget would allow a “click-through allowing the state to tax retailers that do not have a physicap presence in North Carolina but that use affiliates that do have a physicaol presence in the state. Amazon has challenge d a similar provision in NewYork state. Amazomn added in its message that if North Carolinsa rescindsthe tax, the company would reope the associates program in North Carolina.

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