I promised on the
New York Tax issue panel discussion/podcast we had today on WebmasterRadio, that I would blog and link to some of the resources and breaking news stories I mentioned on the show. However, I ended up having to make an emergency trip to the animal hospital. Still having some medical issues over here with my cat, so my blogging is delayed.
One of the things I mentioned on today's radio show was that Peter Bordes, CEO of
MediaTrust told me about an interview that was just done with Patrick Byrne CEO of Overstock regarding the NY issue. The interview was just published, so I wanted to get this info out to everyone and then will blog about some of news and a recap of the radio show, later when I can.
The inverview with Patrick Byrne from Overstock is over at
MeetInnovators.com and the part that addresses the New York Tax issue is about half way down. Here is a portion of the interview.
Interview with Patrick Byrne from Overstock
"Patrick: The Supreme Court wisely said that the burden cannot be put on the out-of-state retailer. Therefore, I think New York's law is directly unconstitutional. We're not suing the state for any money. We're suing to enjoin them from ever acting upon this law, and we're trying to get the Court to throw out the law.
We had to drop the affiliates because of the risk of not collecting the affiliate tax and then someday having New York win. We would get dinged for that. So we had to drop the affiliates immediately.
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That's only part of the interview so head over to read the rest including more info on what we all can do to help the cause. It's a bit hard to find where the tax part starts. It's over half of the way down.
If you missed the show today it just got uploaded.
Here's the podcast. I have another new story later, as well as a recap of today's show, as soon as I can blog again. Right now my cat that just had surgery needs me...
Update: Ended up in the ER with my cat most of the night, big scare and he's still there but doing a little better. May have to go back to hospital in the morning. So I don't know when I'll get time to finish blogging the rest. Just stay tuned and check back.