Amazon warns N.C. affiliates about tax issue

RALEIGH — Kayla Fay opened an e-mail from Amazon.com on Wednesday warning about a pending change to state tax law and could think only one thing. “They’re killing me, they’re killing my business,” said Fay, who runs a number of Web sites, including Inattentive Type ADHD, which provides information for parents of children with attention deficit problems.

Besides providing free content, Fay’s Web site promotes books and other items that are sold by Amazon.com. Every time someone clicks through a link on her Web site and buys from Amazon, Fay gets a cut of the sale.

Amazon warned affiliates like Fay on Wednesday that they would cut North Carolina residents out of the program if a pending change in the state’s sales tax code becomes law. That change, outlined in the House version of the budget, would require Amazon to collect taxes on items bought through its Tar Heel affiliates.

 

duh? This is really old news. Your point in posting it now is?