E-Commerce Industry

Female tech entrepreneurs flourish in L.A.

2013-05-11 19:08:00

It seemed like a typical dinner party for the well-heeled set: eight women, some dressed in stilettos and skinny jeans, gabbing over glasses of wine and endive spears with goat cheese at a lavish Hollywood Hills home. But amid the Kate Middleton...

Key lawmaker: House will be 'more thoughtful' on Internet sales tax

2013-05-07 09:19:00

WASHINGTON -- A key House committee chairman said his panel would take a "more thoughtful" approach to legislation allowing states to force retailers to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. His comments signaled that momentum from Monday's easy...

Senate passes Internet sales tax bill; House fate uncertain

2013-05-06 16:49:00

WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted 69-27 Monday to approve legislation that would allow states to force larger online retailers to collect sales taxes. But the bill faces an uncertain future in the House as lawmakers, particularly Republicans, wrestle...

House Speaker Boehner unlikely to support Internet sales tax bill

2013-05-07 17:52:00

WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner said he probably won't support legislation allowing states to require that larger retailers collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. And a key House committee chairman said his panel would take a...

Senate OKs Internet sales tax

2013-05-07 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — The Senate gave strong bipartisan approval to landmark legislation that could largely lead to the end of the nation's decades-long Internet sales tax holiday. Now the issue shifts to the more skeptical, Republican-controlled House,...

Quiz: How much do you know about Internet sales taxes?

2013-04-30 11:34:00

Congress is considering bipartisan legislation that could spell the end to the nation’s long Internet sales tax holiday. The pending legislation would give states the ability to force larger online retailers to collect sales tax for Internet...

Letters: Tax trouble for online retailers

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Re "Web isn't a duty-free zone," Editorial, April 26 I'm the owner of a small e-commerce site that will be affected by the proposed law to make online retailers with at least $1 million in sales collect sales taxes from customers in states that have...

Bill could lead largely to end of Internet sales tax loophole

2013-04-23 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — With rare bipartisan support, the Senate is poised to pass a bill this week that could lead largely to the end of the nation's long online sales tax holiday. The measure would allow states to require that large online retailers...

Internet sales tax bill advances, but final Senate passage delayed

2013-04-25 16:25:00

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday failed to pass bipartisan legislation that would allow states to collect sales taxes from larger Internet retailers, but the bill cleared a key procedural hurdle and is on track for approval after lawmakers return...

Web isn't a duty-free zone

2013-04-26 00:00:00

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote next month on a bill that could require online retailers to collect sales taxes from customers in every state that imposes them. The measure has been bashed by opponents as a tax increase that would cripple small Web...

For the record

2013-04-25 00:00:00

Internet sales tax: In the April 23 Business section, an article about a bill to allow states to require the collection of online sales taxes indicated that Texas was one of the few states that do not impose a sales tax. Texas does have a sales tax....

Jim DeMint: Still wrong on online sales taxes

2013-04-20 07:00:00

When he was a senator representing South Carolina, Jim DeMint argued that collecting sales taxes on Internet purchases was an impermissible form of taxation without representation. He's continuing this meme in his new role as head of the Heritage...

A new Amazon delivery locker system, which routes Amazon shipments to a publicly-accessible locale, is viewed in a grocery store on November 16, 2011 in New York City.

2013-04-24 11:14:05

Lockers for Amazon are located in a 7-Eleven in Hoboken, New Jersey, as part of a pilot program to provide faster delivery to customers and give a more secure location than leaving on a doorway. Other retailers such as Wal-Mart are looking at the locker delivery system as well.

2013-04-22 15:16:04

It's the day after Bob Mould released "Silver Age," his best album in years, and, no less significantly, played the "Letterman" show for the first time ever.

2012-09-13 08:51:00