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Earlier this week, the PMA declared a pair of victories for affiliate marketers. The victories–both against the Amazon Tax–come in the states of Minnesota and California. But in the state of Minnesota, a measure has passed which Executive Director Rebecca Madigan equates to any Amazon tax being “dead in Minnesota.” But it’s just the beginning of a long, long road to getting over 25,000 businesses back and running in the Golden State.
Madigan issued the following statement on the status of the referendum in California:
“The Performance Marketing Association is pleased the California Attorney General has issued a title and summary for the recently filed referendum on ABX1 28. The Performance Marketing Association remains encouraged the voters of California will support this referendum as they learn the facts supporting this measure. A lot of misinformation has been dispersed and as we move forward the facts will speak for themselves which will allow 25,000 web-based businesses to get back to work.”
Problematic, then, might be editorials like this running in the L.A. Times which undermine the referendum and call for Amazon to collect its sales taxes–all the while overlooking the fact that tax collection is happening only because a word–”nexus” in this case–is being redefined into something broad and possibly inaccurate.
