Dispatches
Letter to the Editor Defends Online Sellers Against Sales Tax Legislation
eBay's Tod Cohen, Vice President of Global Government Relations, argues that a streamlined sales tax will unfairly burden small business owners, in a letter to the editor published in the Wisconsin State Journal. Many small retailers turn to the Internet and sites like eBay as a way to compete with large retailers. Forcing them to comply with tax jurisdictions around the country will add additional costs to running their business.
- July 20, 2010
Internet Stars Back "America's Got Net" Video Competition
Craig of Craigslist and other Internet “stars” have teamed up with the Open Internet Coalition to serve as judges for the “America’s Got Net” video competition. The nationwide contest is seeking small businesses, non-profits and individuals to create short videos to tell policymakers in Washington what the open Internet means to them and why it must be protected.
- July 15, 2010
The Facts: Internet Sales Tax and the Streamlined Sales Tax Project
A group of states calling themselves the Streamlined Sales Tax Project (SSTP) is lobbying Congress to give them the authority to require out of state businesses to collect and remit sales taxes for Internet commerce. The complex rules and tax rates could be regularly modified and changed by a Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board, comprised of a group of state tax officials from the member states.
- July 13, 2010
eBay VP: “We Oppose the Bill to Impose New Tax Burdens on Small Businesses”
Tod Cohen, Vice President for Government Relations and Deputy General Counsel at eBay Inc, made the following statement upon the introduction of legislation to expand sales tax collection on the Internet, H.R. 5660 by Congressman Bill Delahunt (D-MA).“Year after year supporters of increased Internet sales taxes recommend legislation that would impose significant new costs on hundreds of thousands of online small businesses and ecommerce entrepreneurs, which is sure to harm the economy and kill small business jobs.
- July 2, 2010
