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[Thomas Beckett <thomas AT tbeckett.com>]

Linda Watson wrote:
> 2) Has anyone figured out how to continue to keep affiliate 
> relationships now that NC has passed the internet sales tax?

The NC Internet Sales Tax really stinks.  A case of hard facts (and hard 
times) leading to bad law.  I'm hoping that the NC Department of Revenue 
and Amazon.com (and other online retailers) will be able to figure out a 
compromise in the enforcement of the law that will allow North 
Carolina-based online businesses to again earn revenue from affiliate 
sales.  If not, the General Assembly has just driven a lot of businesses 
and tax revenue out of the state.

Here's a good summary of what it means:
http://rich-owings.posterous.com/all-about-the-amazon-tax

And a more recent article:
http://www.examiner.com/x-17978-Raleigh-Top-News-Examiner~y2009m8d9-Amazon-tax-hurts-local-goodwill-effort-small-businesses

And an online forum for discussing the issue:
http://forum.abestweb.com/forumdisplay.php?f=549

I've heard some stuff from affected businesspeople who tried to stop the 
legislation about our elected represntatives in Raleigh, but my mama 
taught me that if I didn't have anything nice to say I shouldn't say 
anything at all.

Thomas

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