ENTRIES TAGGED "tax"

Amazon Challenges New York's "Amazon Tax"

by Mac Slocum | @macslocum | +Mac Slocum | May 1, 2008

As expected, Amazon is challenging New York's recently passed sales tax statute. From Amazon's filed complaint (pdf): Because some independently operated, New York-based websites post advertisements with links to Amazon and are compensated for these advertisements, Amazon is now presumed to have engaged in "solicitation" under this statue … despite the fact that Amazon lacks any physical presence in…

News Roundup: Online's Share Increases, New York's "Amazon" Tax, Open Source Textbooks, Edits Shown in Pan Macmillan Ebooks, Penguin UK's Simultaneous Print-Ebook Plan

by Mac Slocum | @macslocum | +Mac Slocum | April 18, 2008

Weekly publishing news roundup – April 18, 2008.