Letter from Amazon Terminating Colorado Affiliates
Colorado-based affiliates of Amazon received a termination letter earlier today. Just a month ago, it seemed affiliates were in the clear, but they still ended up being collateral damage of HB 10-1193.
The Amazon letter below provides a couple links for affiliate marketers to express their views to members of the General Assembly in Colorado, as well as Governor Ritter.
From: “Amazon.com Associates Program”
Date: March 8, 2010 1:07:36 AM MST
Subject: Important Notice from the Amazon Associates Program
Dear Colorado-based Amazon Associate:
We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to inform you that the Colorado government recently enacted a law to impose sales tax regulations on online retailers. The regulations are burdensome and no other state has similar rules. The new regulations do not require online retailers to collect sales tax. Instead, they are clearly intended to increase the compliance burden to a point where online retailers will be induced […]
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