by merchantsguild | Mar 12, 2019 | Featured, News
For Immediate Release March 10, 2019 Sacramento, California – In an open letter dated March 8, 2019, California State Treasurer, Fiona Ma, sent a formal request to California Governor Gavin Newsom to utilize his constitutional authority to direct the California...
by merchantsguild | Mar 5, 2019 | Featured, News
California State Treasurer Fiona Ma is preparing a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom to ask him to back the proposal to relieve the small online sellers of past liabilities. Assemblymember Autumn Burke and State Senator Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg), who is the Chair of...
by merchantsguild | Feb 28, 2019 | Featured, News
Online Merchants Guild Testimony Gains Commitment from California Assemblywoman Autumn Burke to Address Back Taxes in New Legislation February 27th, 2019 On Monday February 25th, 2019, Online Merchants Guild was in Sacramento with our lobbying firm and outside counsel...
by merchantsguild | Oct 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
Thousands of companies offering their products on Amazon.com received the email below from Amazon today. Amazon will not collect and remit taxes to the state of California for sales on their “marketplace” platform, even though by California’s own...
by merchantsguild | Oct 1, 2018 | Featured, News
To Our Members and Fellow Online Merchants, With all that’s going on with the states right now, we wanted to send out a quick update as we move through the process of filing our lawsuit to fight for your right to be free from overly-burdensome and unconstitutional...
by merchantsguild | Jul 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
ONLINE MERCHANTS GUILD: WHY CHANEL’S CHANNEL LAWSUIT LACKS MERIT – “EVERYONE HAS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SELL THEIR STUFF!” Earlier this month, in a lawsuit filed in a Brooklyn Federal Court, cosmetics giant Chanel is seeking over fifty million dollars in damages...
by merchantsguild | Jun 22, 2018 | News
Today the Supreme Court handed down its decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair. In its ruling the Court removed the fifty-year barrier to tax known as the physical presence rule. Under this rule, no state could subject a business to its tax regime, including the...
by merchantsguild | Jun 21, 2018 | News
The Supreme Court ruled today to overturn Quill, the 1992 ruling that has prevented the 50 states from making overlapping demands on out-of-state companies. Burdens can be placed on small businesses by states immediately, and what constitutes an “undue...
by merchantsguild | May 20, 2018 | News
In less than one month since the launch of our organization, OMG made sure the voice of our community was heard in the Supreme Court of the United States. The outcome of the Wayfair sales tax case currently before the Court could have devastating consequences on our...
