The PMA has received word that an advertising tax will be proposed in Virginia. If this tax passes, they predict over 100 advertisers will terminate their affiliate programs with Virginia publishers. The PMA’s effectiveness in fighting legislation that directly harms the income of affiliates will ultimately be bolstered by readiness. Please take a few minutes [...]
The Performance Marketing Alliance (PMA) filed a brief yesterday in New York State Supreme Court in support of Amazon.com and Overstock.com in a pending lawsuit with the state. The case is over whether affiliate partners constitute a physical “nexus” in the state, and hence require online only retailers to charge consumers sales tax on [...]
The Performance Marketing Alliance (PMA) has a new section on the site dedicated to providing up-to-date information on state tax legislation. Here is the latest news from their site:
Updated July 12, 2009
The following states have passed these laws:
* New York - passed in July, 2008
* Rhode Island - passed in June, 2009
The grassroots efforts [...]
The Performance Marketing Alliance (PMA) is asking for a one-pager from North Carolina based affiliates that describes their business. They’ve also provided a form e-mail for publishers to fill in and send to Governor Bev Perdue.
Dear North Carolina Affiliates,
Your state legislature isn’t entirely convinced that a state/use tax nexus law is a bad [...]
The legislative fight to block the anti-affiliate tax has changed quickly this week. Last weekend, on behalf of the PMA, we asked you to email some California legislators, and you did such a great job that they had our emails blocked.
We need to keep up the pressure, so the PMA is asking for your participation [...]
