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Washington State Senator Steve Litzow, Representative Chad Magendanz, Representative Cyrus Habib and Executive Policy Advisor John Lane joined eBay business leaders in Bellevue, Washington for a luncheon policy discussion and tour led by eBay VP and Site Head Ken Moss.
On 23 September, Policy & Regulatory Report (PaRR) organized a full-day conference on competition law and antitrust trends. Hanne Melin of eBay Inc. participated in the session on “Vertical Restraints –Perfecting Distribution”.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal published an article last week based on an interview with small business owner Jason Smith. Jason, owner of Tiki Pug Music and co-founder of Thrifting with the Boys, expressed his concerns with the Marketplace Fairness Act.
In a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate’s tax writing and judiciary committees, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants encouraged Congress to revise legislation that would allow states to impose new tax burdens on small businesses that use the Internet.
This morning, Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) of the House Judiciary Committee released seven basic principles related to the collection of Internet sales taxes. The principles are intended to guide future discussions in Congress on how to address the issue of Internet sales taxes without overly burdening online businesses and stifling Internet and mobile commerce.
On 13 September, Hanne Melin, of eBay Inc. Public Policy Lab, held a guest lecture at the Law Faculty of Lund University, Sweden. Encouraging the students to think big, Melin explained that lawyers can be thought-leaders and shape policy to the better.
Bill Hall took his father’s declining business and used Internet retailing to revive it. Today Bill operates a successful business and has become a staple of his small Medford, WI community.
As we take a moment to remember the victims of 9/11 and their families, let us be thankful for our opportunities and freedoms.
On September 6 Campbell, California small business owner Richard Cooley submitted a letter to the editor to the San Jose Mercury News opposing claims that the playing field needs to be leveled when it comes to online retailers.
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