Attendees, pictured above: Greg Leding, Derek Kawakami, Jimmy Higdon, Daniel Adams Eaton, John Mann, James Healey, Brian Kennedy, Deb Peters, Judi Buckley, Sammuel Sanes, Roger Freeman, Rosie Berger.

With the True Simplification of Taxation Coalition recently releasing a study addressing the challenges and costs associated with collecting sales tax under the Marketplace Fairness Act, we wanted to talk to one of our community members to get a real life outlook on some of the study’s claims. In this interview Cori O’Steen, owner of UPak, an online business selling packing and shipping supplies, reacts on the study’s claims.

A report critical of the Marketplace Fairness Act's small business exemption that was released last week by the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council garnered significant media attention.

Nationwide Surplus co-owner and eBay top-seller Chris Ko encouraged lawmakers and federal regulators to reduce trade barriers facing small businesses in testimony he recently submitted to the International Trade Commission.

The Minority Media and Telecommunication Council released a report Tuesday highlighting the shortfalls of the small business definition in the Marketplace Fairness Act. Written by former Clinton economic advisor Jon Orszag, the report contends that the current exemption for small businesses included in the Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 743/ H.R.