Amazon Pulls the Plug on Rhode Island Affiliates

IT , Taxes , deals Roxanne Palmer wrote: Seattle’s mighty Amazon isn’t feeling too friendly toward the Ocean State. This morning, the online retail giant sent out a terse notice to its Rhode Island affiliates, informing them that their accounts were closed effective June 29th, due to impending changes to the state’s tax laws that apply to certain online purchases. This echoes a similar move the company made three days ago in North Carolina, after that state enacted a similar tax change. The affiliates are members of a program called Amazon Associates , in which participants place ads for Amazon products on their websites. Users are funneled to Amazon’s website through the links, and each affiliate receives a commission if purchases are made. A new provision in the Rhode Island state budget will require Amazon to collect sales... [read full story]                    

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