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 [...]
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that California is a hotbed for small Internet businesses. We posted this map earlier this year, which shows where LinkShare affiliates reside in the state.
Rebecca Madison from the Performance Marketing Alliance sent us the below note about the inclusion of the affiliate nexus bill into the budget bill [...]
North Carolina is the latest state to debate the affiliate tax. The bill is moving quickly through the state legislature. As this map shows, LinkShare affiliates blanket the state. Bills like this have the potential to harm these small Internet businesses.
North Carolina affiliates - act now and help prevent North Carolina affiliates [...]
Minnesota affiliates can promote their advertisers worry free - the Minnesota affiliate tax bill did not pass. As you can see, there are happy affiliates all over Minnesota.
The PMA has some more information on their site.
Thanks to everyone who reached out and spread the word!
The General Assembly in Nashville has introduced two affiliate tax bills, SB 1741 in the Senate and HB 1947 in the House.
This legislation could force out-of-state merchants to shut down their affiliate programs. SB 1741 was scheduled to be heard by the Senate Finance, Ways & Means Tax Subcommittee yesterday, and HB 1941 [...]
