Affiliate tax law wars & Amazon… Got you stuck in the middle? What to do?!

[mike031]

http://www.wannadevelop.com/blog/amazon-affiliate-tax-solutions/

If you are from one of the following states… California, Texas, Colorado, Connecticut, Arkansas, Illinois, Hawaii, Rhode Island or North Carolina, you can’t use Amazon’s affiliate program. But no worries.. There is a solution.

Now as we all know already, Amazon has dropped all of it’s affiliates or as they like to call them “associates” from a whole bunch of states in recent years thanks to these newly passed internet taxes put in place by local governments… Most recently, California and Texas affiliates got the boot! That is a whole lot of people right there… Around 65 million to be exact, and internet / tech industry is huge in those states… Lots of people got screwed, big time. A lose-lose situation… Unfortunate.

So yea, I’ve got a ton of clients that have been impacted by these changes… They have had their accounts closed and revenue has evaporated overnight. Ouch! Plus… I get complaints from potential clients that say… “I wish I could launch some Amazon powered affiliate e-commerce stores, but because I am from this and that state, Amazon doesn’t accept me.” So what to do is the million dollar question?

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