Amazon Affiliates Gone In CT And AR

Amazon.com terminated its affiliate programs in Connecticut, effective immediately, and Arkansas, effective July 24, 2011, after the two states' new tax laws labelled Amazon affiliates as in-state 'presences,' thus forcing Amazon to charge and pay state sales taxes. Amazon already terminated affiliate programs in Illinois, Colorado, North Carolina, and Rhode Island, and threatened to cancel affiliate programs in all states that adopt this measure. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is against such sales tax enforcement and calls for federal legislation to fix the imbalance between online and brick-and-mortar sales tax collection. With states scrmbling for every dollar, maybe the next targets will be eBay auctions and garage sales.