News release from “Shelf Awareness.” Do you think this has more than anecdotal Duluth impact?
Amazon cuts off Minnesota affiliates
With Minnesota’s online sales tax law due to take effect July 1, Amazon has played a familiar card by cutting ties with 5,200 members of its Associates program in the state, the Pioneer Press reported. The online retailer has previously taken comparable action in other states that passed similar legislation.
In an e-mail to the affiliates, Amazon restated its current position that while it does not oppose collecting online sales tax, the company believes “Congressional legislation is the only way to create a simplified, constitutional framework to resolve interstate sales tax issues, and it would allow us to reopen our associates program to Minnesota residents.”On May 23, Governor Mark Dayton signed Minnesota E-Fairness legislation, which the state has estimated will generate $5 million in new revenue, the Star Tribune wrote.
