Affiliates are performance advertisers, most don’t actually do any transactions, so why is where an affiliate lives relevant to sales tax from a referred customer? Will you say then any purchase made by a set of IP’s identified in a specific state be charged that related sales tax on all purchases?
TECHNOLOGY
Bits: Overstock.com Throws New York Affiliates Overboard to Avoid Sales Tax
By Saul Hansell
Published: May 14, 2008
To avoid being subject to a New York State law that would have forced it to collect sales taxes on sales to New York residents, Overstock.com has cut off its dealings with Web sites in the state that send it customers. Read more