When Amazon cut off its ties with its California affiliates last month, it did so in reaction to an Internet sales tax signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. The law requires Internet retailers who have established business ties in California to begin collecting sales tax from state purchasers. Amazon moved quickly to end its [...]

On Friday, a new California state law goes into effect that will tax Internet sales through affiliate advertising. Rather than pay such taxes, online retailers like Amazon will instead shut down their affiliate programs in the state. For Amazon, that is said to come to 25,000 sites in California alone. Was this a wise move [...]

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – The shifting focus of California Gov. Jerry Brown’s campaign for taxes was nowhere plainer than in a budget speech to business leaders this week, when in his opening remarks he talked not about business but about public safety, his new offensive. Brown once thought pressure from businesses could soften Republican opposition to [...]

The Uniform Assessment Appeal Form provides several options associated with an appeal. An appeal can go to the county’s Board of Equalization, to binding arbitration, to a hearing officer for non-homestead property with a fair market value in excess of $1 million or directly to Superior Court with consent of the Board of Equalization. Taxpayers [...]

ALBANY – Five individuals were arraigned for failing to file New York State personal income tax returns, and the remaining 26 will be arraigned on April 4, 2008. The 31 individuals are believed to owe over $650,000 in tax liability. The charges are the result of an initiative undertaken by the New York State Department [...]