Posted in General News, Uncategorized on Oct 29th, 2008
What does this mean? It’s pretty clear it effect everyone shipping products to Washington State and online businesses doing so. There no longer is an incentive, no sales tax, to purchasing from you over a local business. Slowly each state is essentially repealing the “no internet sales tax” that we have had standing for so long. The cost of doing business online just increased and got closer to being on par with offline business, at least where taxes are concerned.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 22nd, 2008
From the SeattleTimes:
“James Voelker, the CEO of Bellevue technology company InfoSpace, received stock awards worth nearly $3.9 million and a salary topping $400,000 in 2007, a year in which he ranked as the Northwest’s best-paid chief executive.”
Hold up here, Infospace is still around?
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 14th, 2008
alk about a lucky break. I know MS would have loved to complete this deal, but like the article says, I’m pretty sure he is happy he didn’t close it when they did. It seems this economy is effecting everything. But if your business has the cash, this would be a great time to acquire the assets you nee
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Posted in General News, Uncategorized on Oct 13th, 2008
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 16th, 2008
Prior to July 1, 2008, sales tax was based on the state of origin, at least in Washington State. Effective July 1, 2008, with the passage of the Substitute Senate Bill 5089 (“Streamlined Sales Tax”), Washington changed from an origin-based system for local retail sales tax to a destination-based system.
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