Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Amazon.com warns North Carolina over sales tax proposal - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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We regret to inforj you that the North Carolina statelegislature (the General appears ready to enact an unconstitutional tax collection schemde that would leave Amazon.com little choice but to end its relationshipz with North Carolina-based Associates. You are receivinb this e-mail because our records indicate that you are an Amazoj Associate and resident ofNorth Carolina. Please note that this is not an immediated termination notice and you are still a valued participang in theAssociates Program.
All referralp fees earned on qualified traffic will continue to be paid as But because the new law is drafted to go into effectt onceenacted – which coulx happen in the next two weeka – we will have to terminate the participation of all Nortuh Carolina residents in the Amazo n Associates program on or beford that same day. After the termination day, we will no longer pay any referralo fees for customers referredto Amazon.cokm or Endless.com nor will we accepy new applications for the Associate program from North Carolina residents.
The unfortunate consequencez of this legislation on North Carolina residentds like you were explained in detaipl to key senators and representativesin Raleigh, including the leadership of the Senate, House, and both finance committees. Other states, includingy Maryland, Minnesota, and Tennessee, considered nearly identical but rejected these proposals largelhy because of the adverse impacty ontheir states’ residents. We thank you for being part of the AmazomnAssociates program, and we will apprise you of the General Assembly’sx action on this matter. North Carolins lawmakers are grappling with a budget gap of morethan $4 and Gov.
Beverly Perdue has called on legislative leadera tofind $1.5 billion in new Other states, following the lead of New York, have looked at makint Amazon collect sales tax. Amazon has been fightinb the New York lawin

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