I've been wanting to share with everyone some of the news that came out of the
July 28th meeting affiliates had regarding the New York Sales Tax problem. One of the organizers of the event promised to send me detailed info about what happened and what some of the possible solutions are.
In the meantime I was looking for any other coverage about the meeting and found some good info at Melanie Seery's
NY Affiliate Voice blog.
If you are an affiliate or merchant affected by the New York Amazon Tax Law head over the read the full post.
The group of affiliates, merchants and affiliate managers that met in Albany for the day, was able to secure Mark Klein, of Hodgson Russ Attorneys to provide guidance about the law.
Tax Solution from NYS Meeting "Mr. Klein moved on to the current law and most importantly the June 30 memo from the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, NYS tax memoTSB-M-08(3.1s). Within this memo lies the solution for merchants and affiliates. He explained that NYS affiliates can work with out of state merchants as long as the affiliate agrees to what is being called safe practices. This agreement must be in writing, signed by the affiliate and kept on file by the merchant. In short the affiliate must only engage in advertising their sites or specific products but not advertise the merchant direct. The NYS tax department is working on releasing a template for the agreement and I will be sure to link to it so it is readily available."
I'll have more info to pass on just as soon as I get it.
If anyone else has updates from the July 28th meeting or any other New York Tax news, please get it to me. Many people follow 5 Star for the latest news on the issue and I'm trying my best to be a good information conduit.