Does anyone know when Amazon is shutting down?

There are a couple states where Amazon has closed up shop to affiliates because of new tax laws. Illinois is the latest one where such a law is being considered by the Governor. I am in Illinois. Has anyone heard if this law is being signed yet?

I already got the warning email from Amazon that any traffic I send them will not be credited to me if this law gets approved. ALL affiliates in these states will be eliminated.

 

would you provide a link to an authoritative source?

 

http://www.ntu.org/news-and-issues/budget-spending/budget-reform/il-budget-testimony.html

I also have a screenshot of the email I received from amazon at http://www.brandonconnell.com/how-amazon-i-just-got-screwed-by-state-government/2011/01/

 

Title is bit misleading. They do not take affiliates from those states anymore. But yet they will sell products.

 

What about affiliates from outside the US?

 

Crazy. I heard something about this but didn't know how true it was.

 

I hope they won't shut down completely like eBay did.

 

i don't know.if i'm amazon.com CEO i don't think to shutting down

 

I hope this doesn't happen in my area... or that Amazon does not completely shut down its affiliate program. Amazon is one of my good ways of earning income on the web.

 

Texas is now threatening legislation too.

It's called Nexus.

http://affiliateadvocacy.com/
http://www.performancemarketingassociation.com/advocacy/


It threatens the livelihood of many thousands of people around the US and beyond.

 

That's not good news. I am located in Texas

 

No, that definitely is not good news for anyone in Texas...ah well

 

119 people are going to lose their job as Amazon closes Dallas distribution center. The closure will be effective on April 13, 2011.

 

thats true, so many jobs will be lost if Amazon goes down

 

I don't understand why Amazon just doesn't team up with someone and get things fixed.

 

Wondering why they let this happen?..

 

I think that a few years down the road when the states realize that they are not getting the extra income they wished for, and they lost the income they had previously, then they will get smart and reverse the legislation. Until then, they can just be stupid I guess.

 

i did not even know that Amazon was closing shop.
Thanks for the update

 

So, I love to be the last to be the one that got the memo last, I have missed out on this one all the way around. Does anyone got anymore links to articles or other info about this.

 

They are closing affiliate programmes for those in some selected states due to recent draconian tax laws. In the EU states as well, they are considering asking companies to supply details of their affiliates for tax on any online income. What means is more burden on companies like Amazon, so avoid paying more and with added problems, they're better off looking elsewhere where tax laws are less restrictive.