Thanks for forwarding that link, Paul. This quote seems to be among the most interesting:
*"Residents are required by law to pay their own use tax on items when an online retailer doesn’t charge sales tax, but few do."* Wonder if that was conjecture or if it's actual N.C. state tax law. If it's law then this could be the get-out-of-tax-jail-free card that Amazon and other etailers might need. Cheers, Art Thompson, Jr Logical Things, Inc design + technology + strategy 512-777-1158 [email protected] www.logicalthings.com - Founded 2000. We design, build and host Branded Microsites, Landing Pages, Blogs, Eblasts and whatever comes Next. - Need to send large files? dropbox.yousendit.com/logicalthings - Wanna connect? facebook.com/logicalthings linkedin.com/in/logicalthings twitter.com/logicalthings - On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Paul O <[email protected]> wrote: > Jan > > Forgive my lack of feedback about Amazon in favor of an offer/suggestion, > Ina Steiner, editor of AuctionBytes, has been covering this topic > extensively for years. I'd be happy to introduce you if you are open to > talking with "media" > > http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/cab/abn/y08/m05/i02/s01 > http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/cab/abn/y08/m06/i02/s03 > http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y208/m09/abu0223/s02 > > I used to work with a startup providing automated accounting to eBay > sellers and this was a very hot topic, of particular interest to them, given > the impact the legislation would have on the smallest of sellers with no > infrastructure or resources to manage the calculations. The sentiment is > that sales tax is of no impact to Amazon but could destroy the very long > tail of online merchants made possible by the internet. > > I'm sure you are familiar with the N. Carolina news? ( > http://www.internetretailer.com/2011/02/10/amazon-wins-another-sales-tax-battle > ) > > Paul > > -- > Paul O'Brien @seobrien <http://twitter.com/seobrien> > http://seobrien.com > > 415-683-7630 or seobrien.com > > > On 2/15/2011 11:51 AM, Jan Triplett wrote: > > Because of the makeup of Refresh-Austin, I wanted to get feedback on your > concerns about requiring Amazon to pay state sales tax. I am trying to > gather information for a government colleague. > > > > Thank you for your input. > > > > > > Here's to your success! > > > > Jan Triplett, Ph.D. > > Business Success Center > > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to Refresh-Austin+ > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
