Earlier this week, Members and staff of the House Judiciary Committee visited eBay Inc.’s Commerce Innovation Center in New York City.  The Commerce Innovation Center was created to highlight how innovations in technology can empower consumers and businesses.  The global retail market is rapidly transforming and companies like eBay Inc. are connecting commerce all across the world.  At the Innovation Center, visitors learn how eBay Inc.

Jon Goldberg and David Haugrud, owners of International Marketing Systems in Fargo, North Dakota, recently expressed their concern with the Internet sales tax bill that was passed in the Senate last May.  Goldberg and Haugrud operate an online store on eBay called Outdoor Bunker, which sells outdoor recreation equipment.  The Marketplace Fairness Act, currently pending in the House, would mandate that all small businesses selling over $1million in sales per year to essentially become tax collectors for every sales tax jurisdiction across the country

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched a new proceeding to determine the best way forward to preserve open Internet access in the United States.  The FCC is seeking public comment from everyone impacted by the Internet, including consumers and small businesses.  The first round of comments are due to the FCC on July 15^th, 2014.  For more information on the FCC’s proceeding and to access the questions currently proposed, please 

Wayne Johnson, owner of Angler’s Habitat, a small tech-enabled business selling fly fishing supplies in Caldwell, Idaho, submitted a letter to The Idaho Press Tribune expressing his concerns with the Internet sales tax legislation currently pending in the U.S. Congress.  Johnson, who employs local residents and contributes to his local economy, explained the legislation would require online businesses to serve as tax collectors for states all around the country.