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Say Thank You To Democrats, Gov. Ritter For Reducing Coloradans’ Income During Recession

by elpresidente | 1:57 am, March 8, 2010 | 2 Comments

The Democrats in Colorado’s legislature, endorsed by Gov. Bill Ritter signature, has forced Amazon.com to drop its Colorado-based affiliates, just as predicted:

Dear Colorado-based Amazon Associate:

We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to inform you that the Colorado government recently enacted a law to impose sales tax regulations on online retailers. The regulations are burdensome and no other state has similar rules. The new regulations do not require online retailers to collect sales tax. Instead, they are clearly intended to increase the compliance burden to a point where online retailers will be induced to “voluntarily” collect Colorado sales tax — a course we won’t take.

We and many others strongly opposed this legislation, known as HB 10-1193, but it was enacted anyway. Regrettably, as a result of the new law, we have decided to stop advertising through Associates based in Colorado. We plan to continue to sell to Colorado residents, however, and will advertise through other channels, including through Associates based in other states.

There is a right way for Colorado to pursue its revenue goals, but this new law is a wrong way. As we repeatedly communicated to Colorado legislators, including those who sponsored and supported the new law, we are not opposed to collecting sales tax within a constitutionally-permissible system applied even-handedly. The US Supreme Court has defined what would be constitutional, and if Colorado would repeal the current law or follow the constitutional approach to collection, we would welcome the opportunity to reinstate Colorado-based Associates.

You may express your views of Colorado’s new law to members of the General Assembly and to Governor Ritter, who signed the bill.

Your Associates account has been closed as of March 8, 2010, and we will no longer pay advertising fees for customers you refer to Amazon.com after that date. Please be assured that all qualifying advertising fees earned prior to March 8, 2010, will be processed and paid in accordance with our regular payment schedule. Based on your account closure date of March 8, any final payments will be paid by May 31, 2010.

We have enjoyed working with you and other Colorado-based participants in the Amazon Associates Program, and wish you all the best in your future.

Best Regards,

The Amazon Associates Team

Let Gov. Ritter and the Democrats who enacted this measure know how you feel at the links included in the email reproduced above–how one less avenue of income impacts you and the state.

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Category: 2010, Capitalism, Colorado, Colorado Politics, Colorado Supreme Court, Democrats, Economics, Elections, Politics

Comments

  1.   Joe
      March 8th, 2010 @ 3:20 am

    Got that email too. Thanks Dummycrats! Scott McInnis in 2010!!!!

  2.   Colorado Senate Majority Leader John Morse Goes All Shakespearian on Amazon.com | MarsBlog.net
      March 9th, 2010 @ 8:25 pm

    [...] In the case of the latter, the tax increase mandated onerous and privacy-invading reporting requirements onto online retailers. Amazon announced early on that they would suspend all affiliate accounts for Colorado residents if the measure passed, and over the weekend made good on that promise, sending cancellation letters to all of its Amazon Affiliates in the state. [...]

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