Business Forward, a D.C. based trade association, is hosting a conference call on Wednesday, December 3rd with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman to discuss the President’s international trade agenda, including Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and trade agreements with Asia-Pacific countries and the European Union. The call will be an opportunity to discuss the impact trade has on the U.S. economy and your business.
Stan Carson small business owner in Wenatchee, Washington, recently penned a letter to the editor of the Seattle Times highlighting why the Marketplace Fairness Act requires closer consideration. “Paying taxes to other states is unfair because I do not receive any of the benefits of having a business in that state, such as schools, transportation, police and other public services”, wrote Carson. “Further
Last week, the Wall Street Journal published a letter from Ann Whitley Wood, owner of Willow-Wear, a small tech-enabled businesses based in Texas. In her letter, Wood expressed her concern with the Internet sales tax proposal, called the Marketplace Fairness Act.
eBay Inc. was pleased to host an engaged delegation of Polish government officials and business executives, in town for US-Poland Innovation Week, at headquarters last week. The group of 28 experienced the company’s new and emerging technologies during a tour of eBay Inc.’s Innovation Showcase and participated in a discussion about how cross-border trade enabled through eBay Inc. platforms is helping Polish businesses of all sizes succeed locally and globally.
This week, opponents of the Senate-passed Internet sales tax held a press conference on Capitol Hill to call on Congress to keep the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act out of the lame duck session. Participants included Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Senator-elect Steve Daines (R-MT), Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY), Congressman Walter Jones (R-NC), Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and a number of taxpayer advocacy groups and think tanks. During the press conference, Cruz said that the online sales tax proposal is directed against the little guys.
This week, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) released a video advocating for Congress to reject any attempt to further taxing Internet access and sales. Senator Cruz has been a vocal opponent of the Marketplace Fairness Act, which passed the U.S. Senate in May of 2013. The legislation, if passed, would create a dizzying maze of new sales tax mandates for hundreds of thousands of tech-enabled small businesses across the country.
Last week, the International Trade Administration hosted a webinar on Exporting to Canada. The webinar provided participants an opportunity to: