National Taxpayers Union: Proposed Internet Sales Tax Could Cost Taxpayers $340 Billion

Last week, the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) released a study that found, if passed, the Marketplace Fairness Act would cost American taxpayers $340 billion in new sales taxes in 2015.
OK Small Business Owner Speaks Out Against Senate Passed Marketplace Fairness Act

Andy Logan, an Internet enabled small business owner in Stillwater, Oklahoma, published an opinion piece in the Stillwater News Press that argued federal Internet sales tax legislation would impose tax collection burdens that would threaten his ability to stay in business.
PayPal Turkey Launches TEPAV Research on Cross Border Trade

Last week, PayPal Turkey, along with the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) announced research into the economic opportunities of cross border trade for Turkish small merchants and the Turkish economy.
eBay Inc.’s Melin: Promoting Small Business Utilisation of Market Access under the Mega-Regionals

eBay Inc.’s Director of Global Public Policy and Head of eBay Inc. Public Policy Lab for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Hanne Melin partnered with Dan Ciuriak, Director and Principal at Ciuriak Consulting Inc., and penned a blog post entitled “Promoting Small Business Utilisation of Market Access under the Mega-Regionals”.
Taiwan eBay Sellers Export to the World

Taiwan’s eBay commercial exporters sell to an average to 48 countries, one of the highest in the world, revealed in a report released this week in Taipei (October 28) titled Commerce 3.0: Enabling Taiwanese Entrepreneurs.
Americans for Prosperity Call on Congress to not pass Internet Sales Tax Bill in Lame Duck

Christine Hanson, national issue campaign manager for Americans for Prosperity, published an op-ed that urged Congress to pass legislation that extends the ban on Internet access taxes without attaching an Internet sales tax to the measure.
Obenshain: Lessons from a Hidden Tax Increase

Mark Obenshain (R), who represents District 26 in the Senate of Virginia, recently published an article in Times Dispatch arguing that Virginia should not have tied funding for a transportation bill to potential revenue of the Marketplace Fairness Act.
American Catalog Mailers Association Calls on Congress to Fix Internet Sales Tax Proposal

Hamilton Davison, President and Executive Director of American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA) and co-founder of the True Simplification of Taxation (TruST) coalition, recently published an opinion piece in The Hill that urged the Senate to not rush to pass the Marketplace Fairness Act.
New Hampshire Small Business Owner Speaks Out Against Marketplace Fairness Act

David Lahme, Owner of TRADEPORT USA, recently submitted an opinion piece to Foster’s Daily Democrat expressing his concern with the Senate-passed Marketplace Fairness Act.
eBay Canada Hosts Senior Government Officials at their 2014 Entrepreneurs of the Year Awards Reception

On October 28th, eBay Canada’s Country Manager Andrea Stairs hosted over 100 attendees including Members of Parliament (MPs) and key political staff at eBay Canada’s Entrepreneurs of the Year (EOY) Awards Reception in Ottawa, Canada’s Capital.