Comments on: Colorado HB 10-1193 and Amazon’s Response http://xmlpress.net/2010/03/10/colorado-hb-10-1193-and-amazons-response/ XML for Technical Communicators Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:38:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Cell Phone Affiliate http://xmlpress.net/2010/03/10/colorado-hb-10-1193-and-amazons-response/comment-page-1/#comment-4691 Cell Phone Affiliate Tue, 11 May 2010 23:23:55 +0000 http://xmlpress.net/?p=817#comment-4691 According to the state of Colorado, the law states that outside retailers have to notify the State of Colorado and the customer of what they spent, so that the state of Colorado can collect the money. It doesn't make any difference if they have affiliates in the state or not, if they make any sales in the state, then they have to report the sale. <a href="http://cclponline.org/pubfiles/Amazon%20fact%20sheet%203_9%20final.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://cclponline.org/pubfiles/Amazon%20fact%20sheet%203_9%20final.pdf</a> According to the state of Colorado, the law states that outside retailers have to notify the State of Colorado and the customer of what they spent, so that the state of Colorado can collect the money. It doesn’t make any difference if they have affiliates in the state or not, if they make any sales in the state, then they have to report the sale.

http://cclponline.org/pubfiles/Amazon%20fact%20sheet%203_9%20final.pdf

]]> By: Cell Phone Affiliate http://xmlpress.net/2010/03/10/colorado-hb-10-1193-and-amazons-response/comment-page-1/#comment-4690 Cell Phone Affiliate Tue, 11 May 2010 23:11:24 +0000 http://xmlpress.net/?p=817#comment-4690 I just received this email from about 50 Commission Junction Advertisers that I do affiliate marketing for. (CJ.com) "Dear XXXXXX, Due to the recent tax laws regarding nexus involving online affiliate publishers in the state of Colorado (legislation known as HB 10-1193) we will no longer be able to accept new publishers from Colorado into our affiliate program. Additionally, we will be immediately terminating our relationship with any publishers located in Colorado that were already joined. We sincerely apologize for the abrupt interruption in the program if this affected your account directly. This, unfortunately, affects our ability to continue business with loyal publishers and we understand that we are losing valuable relationships due to these new laws. If you are a publisher located in Colorado, your publisher account will be closed as of May 18, 2010, and we will no longer pay advertising fees for sales referrals after that date. All sales made prior to May 18, 2010 will be credited to you and paid out in accordance with our regular schedule on June 10, 2010. Please accept our apologies and we appreciate your understanding. Hopefully in the future, these laws will be reversed in order to keep the networks diversified and growing. Kind Regards, XXXXXX" I just received this email from about 50 Commission Junction Advertisers that I do affiliate marketing for. (CJ.com)

“Dear XXXXXX,

Due to the recent tax laws regarding nexus involving online affiliate publishers in the state of Colorado (legislation known as HB 10-1193) we will no longer be able to accept new publishers from Colorado into our affiliate program.

Additionally, we will be immediately terminating our relationship with any publishers located in Colorado that were already joined. We sincerely apologize for the abrupt interruption in the program if this affected your account directly. This, unfortunately, affects our ability to continue business with loyal publishers and we understand that we are losing valuable relationships due to these new laws.

If you are a publisher located in Colorado, your publisher account will be closed as of May 18, 2010, and we will no longer pay advertising fees for sales referrals after that date. All sales made prior to May 18, 2010 will be credited to you and paid out in accordance with our regular schedule on June 10, 2010. Please accept our apologies and we appreciate your understanding. Hopefully in the future, these laws will be reversed in order to keep the networks diversified and growing.

Kind Regards,

XXXXXX”

]]> By: Jeff Ravage http://xmlpress.net/2010/03/10/colorado-hb-10-1193-and-amazons-response/comment-page-1/#comment-4429 Jeff Ravage Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:55:40 +0000 http://xmlpress.net/?p=817#comment-4429 I just got a message from a friend who was livid about this. So I did some research. I'm glad I found this page and am thrilled it has a Colorado connection. I've built several "virtual stores" for Coloradans and it's really gotten simple. You can replace your Amazon store with freeware such as Joomla: <a href="" rel="nofollow"> and use paypal or other portals for billing. You can setup taxes with a few mouse clicks. I was shocked by Amazons' actions, but not so shocked when I read the bill. This corporation is trying to piss you off and blame some one else: "Mommy, Billy hit me (after I threw his G.I.Joe in the fireplace)" They could Easily comply. Instead they chose to create a tempest. Ask your self: How many billions in taxes nationwide have Amazon and the like caused not to be collected? Could this income have helped the states in this time of economic downturn? Would this legislation even have happened if they had collected and distributed taxes? The government is just a group of people too. I don't like all politicians, but I know the roads don't grow from the ground. The schools don't exist for free. Police and firemen are not just generous souls who show up to work for nothing (although they do offer their lives for us in exchange for their salaries.)It's getting to where the rhetoric against the government turns off people's minds before they even question what they are being told. You may fear the government- but perhaps you should fear Corporations more. THEY are the ones controlling the media. They are the ones who now have all the rights of an individual- without the responsibility. They are the ones who want no government and no taxes. There is an opportunity here: If Amazon doesn't want Coloradans, we could create our own Amazon. The internet is open. Freeware exists for someone to create such a site here and offer a place for Colorado stores. If you wanted to be silly you could get Platte.com- for the river that feeds most of us. The money then stays in Colorado. The tax goes to the state. And Amazon realizes that playing games with people can be a losing proposition for them. I just got a message from a friend who was livid about this. So I did some research. I’m glad I found this page and am thrilled it has a Colorado connection. I’ve built several “virtual stores” for Coloradans and it’s really gotten simple. You can replace your Amazon store with freeware such as Joomla: and use paypal or other portals for billing. You can setup taxes with a few mouse clicks.
I was shocked by Amazons’ actions, but not so shocked when I read the bill. This corporation is trying to piss you off and blame some one else: “Mommy, Billy hit me (after I threw his G.I.Joe in the fireplace)” They could Easily comply. Instead they chose to create a tempest.
Ask your self: How many billions in taxes nationwide have Amazon and the like caused not to be collected? Could this income have helped the states in this time of economic downturn? Would this legislation even have happened if they had collected and distributed taxes?
The government is just a group of people too. I don’t like all politicians, but I know the roads don’t grow from the ground. The schools don’t exist for free. Police and firemen are not just generous souls who show up to work for nothing (although they do offer their lives for us in exchange for their salaries.)It’s getting to where the rhetoric against the government turns off people’s minds before they even question what they are being told. You may fear the government- but perhaps you should fear Corporations more. THEY are the ones controlling the media. They are the ones who now have all the rights of an individual- without the responsibility. They are the ones who want no government and no taxes.
There is an opportunity here: If Amazon doesn’t want Coloradans, we could create our own Amazon. The internet is open. Freeware exists for someone to create such a site here and offer a place for Colorado stores. If you wanted to be silly you could get Platte.com- for the river that feeds most of us.
The money then stays in Colorado. The tax goes to the state. And Amazon realizes that playing games with people can be a losing proposition for them.

]]> By: Jim Earley http://xmlpress.net/2010/03/10/colorado-hb-10-1193-and-amazons-response/comment-page-1/#comment-4237 Jim Earley Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:12:33 +0000 http://xmlpress.net/?p=817#comment-4237 I recognize that Colorado is suffering from reduced tax revenues (I can't think of a state that isn't). I also understand that TABOR and other Colorado constitutional amendments hamstring the state to maneuver in economic downturns. However, HB 10-1192 and HB 10-1193 and ill-conceived at worst, and poorly timed at minimum. The brunt of these bills will have a far greater impact on small-to-medium sized Colorado businesses, which are the incubators for economic recovery. I'm glad that you aren't affected much. The reality is that highly trained professionals will provide long term economic stability. Raising taxes on these types of businesses at this time will likely do more harm. Very unfortunate. I recognize that Colorado is suffering from reduced tax revenues (I can’t think of a state that isn’t). I also understand that TABOR and other Colorado constitutional amendments hamstring the state to maneuver in economic downturns. However, HB 10-1192 and HB 10-1193 and ill-conceived at worst, and poorly timed at minimum. The brunt of these bills will have a far greater impact on small-to-medium sized Colorado businesses, which are the incubators for economic recovery.

I’m glad that you aren’t affected much. The reality is that highly trained professionals will provide long term economic stability. Raising taxes on these types of businesses at this time will likely do more harm. Very unfortunate.

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