Several other states are reported to be closely watching New York's new sales tax law that is being called the "Amazon" law.
The law targets online retailers who have affiliates in New York. If the online retailer has even one affiliate in New York the online retailer is considered to have a presence in New York and must collect state sales tax.
Other states are considering doing the same thing with California looking as if they could also have start work on legislation that would also say that retailers have a physical presence in California if they have affiliates in California. Two bills about this are now pending in California.
Here are a couple of articles with a little more about this:
Other States May Copy New York's Amazon Tax Law - Kiplinger.com
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