The story about the sales tax implications for publishers selling under the agency model is starting to spread. Further ratifying our earlier piece in which we explained that individual publishers have different interpretations of states where they have “nexus” and are required to collect and pay sales tax, Amazon has now added a list by publisher of states where sales tax will be added to purchases. The etailer’s own digital services arm collects tax only for Kentucky, North Dakota, New York and Washington. Hachette Digital, Inc. collects tax in 24 states; Macmillan does so in 21 states (unlike Hachette’s list, […]
