Speaker Boehner Renews Commitment that House Will Not Move Internet Sales Tax Bill in Lame Duck Session

During a closed door meeting this week, Speaker of the House, John Boehner (R-OH), renewed his previous commitment to not move the Senate passed Marketplace Fairness Act in the House in the remaining weeks of Congress.
American Catalog Mailers Association: Boehner's Stand on Internet Taxes is The Right Choice for the Right Reasons

This week, The Hill published a piece from Hamilton Davison, president and executive director of American Catalog Mailers Association, that supported Speaker John Boehner’s decision to not move the Marketplace Fairness Act forward during the lame duck session of Congress.
Internet sales tax would hurt many small businesses in Utah

Earlier this week Mace Brasher, owner of Jester’s Jerseys, a small online athletic apparel retailer, wrote an opinion piece featured in the Salt Lake Tribune.
“How an eBay bookseller defeated a publishing giant at the Supreme Court”

In a recent post on ARS TECHNICA, Doug Kari with Arbitech, wrote about how one eBay seller defeated a publishing giant in a major Supreme Court case that has greatly impacted copyright case law.
PA Small Business Owners: ‘Fairness Act’ would hurt small online businesses

Last week, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published an opinion piece from three eBay sellers which argued that the costs of complying with the Marketplace Fairness Act would make small businesses unable to compete in the marketplace.
eBay Inc.’s Tod Cohen Discusses Internet Sales Taxes on eBay Radio

Last week on eBay Radio, Tod Cohen, eBay Inc.’s Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Global Government Relations, discussed the 2014 midterm elections and the threat of internet sales tax in the lame-duck session of Congress.
European Small Businesses Call for Removal of Cross-Border Trade Restrictions

eBay Inc. Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Government Relations, Tod Cohen, spoke at the 6th annual European e-Commerce conference in Brussels on 18 November.
Hong Kong eBay sellers export to the world

Hong Kong’s eBay commercial exporters sell to an average to 57 countries, the 2nd highest in Asia, revealed in a report released last week in Hong Kong.
Maria Contreras-Sweet Talks About Importance of Small Business Saturday

This week, Small Business Administrator, Maria Contreras-Sweet released a video discussing the importance of Small Business Saturday to our nation’s economy and encouraging Americans to Shop Small this holiday season.
Will You Shop Small This Holiday Season?

Today, Saturday, November 29th, is Small Business Saturday.