Contact your Colorado state senator about opposing this bill. From Vincent Carroll in the Denver Post:
HB 1193 requires out-of-state online retailers to collect sales tax from Colorado customers if those businesses have a relationship with a local “affiliate.” …
Democratic lawmakers are sleepwalking toward approval of a bill that could have the state dunning tens of thousands of Coloradans for unpaid sales tax on Internet purchases with retailers such as Amazon. Now won’t that be a popular election-year gift to voters?
… For any on the fence, let me offer a short list of the bill’s deficiencies.
* It is almost certain to put Coloradans out of work.
* It won’t produce nearly the promised $4.7 million in tax revenue for the next fiscal year.
* It could result in the state harassing citizens for often paltry sums that most didn’t even know they officially owed – and which almost no one actually pays.
Carroll writes that “[f]our House Democrats did break ranks to oppose House Bill 1193, which survived by just a single vote in its journey to the Senate.” Read the whole article: Amazon buyers, beware: State has it in for you.
Also see this post from ReveNews: Overstock Threatens to Terminate Colorado Affiliates Over Pending Legislation.
And don’t forget to contact your Colorado state senator!
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Thanks for the heads up, Brian. I see my Senator (Rollie Heath) is at the heart of the wretched thing.