Comments on: Assembly Bill 178: An Open Letter to California Legislators

By: Important Links | Stephanie Lichtenstein

Important Links | Stephanie Lichtenstein — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:09:12 +0000

[...] in the Sand Affiliate Taxation -Time to Fight Back The Spew Podcast – California AB178 for Dummies Jangro – An Open Letter to California Legislators SAS – How you can help re: #affiliatetax #advertisingtax Melanie Seery – New York Affiliate Voice [...]

By: Vlad Zablotskyy

Vlad Zablotskyy — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:52:50 +0000

Shouldn't we start convincing our merchants to begin collecting sales taxes? Well know that this will not stop with CA… Aren't the merchants in position of start collecting the sales tax with a "flick of a switch"?

By: web design miami

web design miami — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:44:17 +0000

I can see a huge problem here. The internet is country wide, yet the laws are state-specific. if they make it less profitable for companies to hire people from california they'll just hire them from other states. This is unfair – stuff like this should either be passed on a national scale or not at all.

By: Cribbed Content for March 6th | TrishaLyn

Cribbed Content for March 6th | TrishaLyn — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:44:28 +0000

[...] is looking into a tax for online sales. Scott Jangro has written an open letter to the California outlining why it’s a bad idea. I am going to take his advice and grab the letter to send [...]

By: Fabian

Fabian — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:26:31 +0000

Hi, thanks for the information. I think this plan won't work…

By: Relevantly Speaking - March 4, 2009 | Relevantly Speaking

Relevantly Speaking - March 4, 2009 | Relevantly Speaking — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:03:27 +0000

[...] threatens the business relationships between small publishers and larger advertisers. Scott Jangro wrote a great post about it on his [...]

By: MikeAllen

MikeAllen — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:12:16 +0000

I agree, Jess. This move will harm many of the businesses producing the much-needed jobs required to lift the economy out of a recession. The government cannot tax or borrow our way out of this mess. We the people must exercise our right to vote and clean house!

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:04:02 +0000

Mike,

They may Fail Nexus with the Supreme Court but it will take a long time to apply the nexus test. Meanwhile there is no restraining order on these government entities from trying this unconstitutional stuff. So the tax the Small Web Entrepeneur switch flicks on and the Affiliate marketer takes an immediate fatal hit. The tax revinue takes a hit too, these folks dont know how to balance a checkbook let alone a state budget!

We must sign up for a protest before it's too late! The California NO-178 tea Party needs you Today!

By: TrishaLyn

TrishaLyn — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:25:15 +0000

Thanks for the links Scott… I sent a similar letter to the link you provided.

By: MikeAllen

MikeAllen — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:16:31 +0000

Some wise governor from another state will make it an economic development priority to attract Internet businesses fleeing California and New York. You talk about high-tech, green jobs . . . Wow!

I sincerely doubt these kind of moves in these two states can pass the Supreme Court nexus test when challenges ultimately make it there. This is a federal issue and was settled years ago unless something is done at that level to legally re-define nexus.

Thanks for your open letter, Scott. Good job highlighing this example of politics gone wild at a time when we need more economic and business activity.