JS_Harris - 1:30 pm on Mar 20, 2009 (gmt 0)

Crazy? Absolutely. CA is claiming that since a website owned by someone in California made the sale possible the State is owed money. The advertiser in Florida will have a hard time telling the customer in NH that he has to charge California tax...

It's easier to cut off anyone based in California than to deal with this new California tax law and that was intentional by Nancy Skinner who is saying it's just to protect brick and mortar shops in California. Talk about a step backwards, ask any NY based affiliate.

edit: She's hurting the livelihood of all California webmasters who earn income from their sites. they expect a 55 million per year tax revenue boost from this but I don't think they are accurately measuring the number of affiliates who will be told to go away from the programs they've been in before the law passed.

I think Nancy Skinner should be ashamed of herself for calling this "the closing of a tax loophole". The California based affiliates were paying taxes on their income, this bill is to create a NEW way to grab OUT of state money too.

[edited by: JS_Harris at 2:08 pm (utc) on Mar. 20, 2009]