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Rhode Island Affiliates Banned From Amazon.com Sales

Posted by timothy on from the oh-just-wait-for-the-feds-to-tax-it-instead dept.

Rand Huck writes "Amazon.com has now added Rhode Island to its blacklist of affiliates in response to its proposed budget changes to enforce a tax on Internet sales, which includes commissions on their affiliate program by content providers based in Rhode Island. The first state to be blacklisted was North Carolina, for the same reason. If you go to a Rhode Island-based or North Carolina-based website that advertises Amazon.com goods as an affiliate, that website will no longer have the goods available because otherwise Amazon.com would be forced to pay sales tax to the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations or the State of North Carolina. The state's rationale is, if someone clicks to buy a good from Amazon.com via a site based in Rhode Island, it's equivalent to buying a good from a brick and mortar chain store located in Rhode Island."

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  1. I fear that pretty soon... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...the only Amazon.com affiliates left will be in The Amazon.

  2. Re:Hopefully it will cut down on affiliate-link sp by noidentity · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why would I or Amazon have to pay taxes twice or more for something?

    Do you know how much superhighways take to maintain? The Internet is the information superhighway, so the taxes go to pay for travel on it. When you drive to Amazon, you're putting wear on the superhighways of the state Amazon is based in, and then Amazon has to drive your order to the affiliate, which puts wear on the superhighways to the affiliate's state. That's a lot of virtual wear!

  3. Re:If they don't use local resources why should th by tmosley · · Score: 2, Funny

    Also, I want to tax the taxes that are being taxed on those goods running through my state.

  4. Re:Hopefully it will cut down on affiliate-link sp by Arthur+Grumbine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will some of the sales tax go towards purchasing a clue/sense-of-humor for certain, sadly bereft individuals?

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  5. Every breath you take... by mapkinase · · Score: 3, Funny

    Every breath you take
    Every move you make
    Every click you make
    Every step you take
    I'll be taxing you

    Every single day
    Every word you say
    Every game you play
    Every night you stay
    I'll be taxing you

    Oh, cant you see
    You belong to me
    How my poor RIDT aches
    With every step you take

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  6. Re:Hopefully it will cut down on affiliate-link sp by Stormwatch · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ahh, I see, a shotgun approach to tax collection.

    Just imagined what that'd be: a tax collector approaches, I grab my shotgun. Sounds fun!

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