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This is the year of the Amazon. Multiple sources, including individual affiliates, are reporting that Amazon, Overstock and other Internet retailers are severing ties with their affiliates in Connecticut and Arkansas. Both of those states recently enacted changes to their sales tax laws that required Internet retailers to collect sales tax on transactions made with persons in those states. The states were able to “reach” the Internet retailers through an expanded nexus by means of the “associate” or “affiliate” programs commonly used by such vendors.
Meanwhile, the Texas legislature continues to advance its bill to require Internet retailers with distribution centers owned by affiliated companies to collect sales tax. SB 1, having been already passed by the Senate, then amended and passed by the House, is heading to conference to reconcile changes. The Senate has already named its representatives to the conference, and the House is expected to act today. Passage is likely to occur by the end of this week. Both houses strongly support the Amazon provision in SB 1, despite the Governor’s stated opposition. Because the Amazon provision is in the fiscal matters bill, and essential to the Texas budget, it cannot be subject of a line-item veto and Governor Perry will be forced to sign it if it is ultimately passed into law.