Amazon Drops California Associates to Avoid Sales Tax

PCM2 writes "Residents of California who participate in the Amazon Associates Program received an email warning them that the program will be terminated as soon as a new California law goes into effect. The law, which CA governor Jerry Brown signed, would require online retailers to collect sales tax on purchases. According to Amazon's statement, 'We oppose this bill because it is unconstitutional and counterproductive. It is supported by big-box retailers, most of which are based outside California, that seek to harm the affiliate advertising programs of their competitors.'"

Comments

Great way to cut down on the affiliate link spam!

[tomhudson]

Now please extend this to the other 49 states.

Re:Great way to cut down on the affiliate link spa

[tomhudson]

Funny how Amazon "can't figure this out" with all their resources, but the local mom and pop nails it with few problems.

Maybe Amazon should resort to their "Mechanical Turk". It would be a better use than the 40% of all Mechanical Turk jobs that are devoted to spamming.

Or maybe they can go to the cloud! "Yay, cloud!" :-(

The truth: Amazon could figure it out - they just can't be bothered. They WANT to drop their affiliates, since they no longer need them to "get the Amazon name out." If you're an Amazon affiliate, your days are numbered - Amazon just wants to be able to blame someone else when they dump you.

Re:Why are Libs so enamored with taxes?

[operagost]

And the leftists trot out the police, fire, roads, and military every time a tax argument comes up-- not realizing that these are the BASIC services that we have come to expect and pay for in order to maintain a society. Meanwhile, in many (most?) places the fire department is volunteer; the military is required by the US Constitution; and the roads are a clear use of the "general welfare" since everyone uses them. No, the left isn't really thinking of these when they speak with a forked tongue. They're thinking about the entitlements given to the constituents to maintain their power. Their dream is to increase the numbers of those who are dependent on the government until they are a majority, and THEN to destroy the republic and replace it with mob rule "democracy".