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Barnes and Noble to Collect
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| On or around October 6th 2011, BN.com will begin collecting taxes for all marketplace orders. No change is required by you to continue managing your business on BN.com Marketplace and there will be minimal impact to both sellers and buyers. To that end, here are the key highlights about our tax changes:
Taxes collected on the marketplace orders will be visible to you in the My Seller Account tool. Once launched, you may view the taxes as part of the order transaction within your Orders tab – as you would an order today. The tax policy changes have been made in an effort to ensure continued compliance for the BN.com Marketplace with current tax laws and minimize the work you have to do in order to sell on BN.com. If you have any concerns regarding this new requirement, please feel free to contact us at: Email: sellerrelations@barnesandnoble.com Telephone: 866-897-1763 (Toll-Free) International Sellers: 201-559-3890 Hours: 8AM-6:30PM (ET) Mon.-Fri. You can also visit the Help Pages in My Seller Account for Frequently Asked Questions. Thank you for being a part of the BN.com Marketplace! Sincerely, |
Where Do We Go From Here?
With this new development it’s going to become harder than ever for Amazon to continue resisting the efforts of states to enforce compulsory eCommerce sales tax collection nationwide.
Despite the boycott Amazon movement, the Internet giant still has a major advantage not enjoyed by Barnes and Noble. States have a strong argument against Barns and Nobel since the chain actually operates retail stores within the taxing jurisdiction; Amazon doesn’t carry much of that kind of baggage.
The achillies heel of Amazon is its distribution centers and affiliate program. Amazon has its own brand of nexus management by threatening to shut down its distribution center in Texas after being presented with a whopping $269 million bill for back taxes.
And as of September 23, 2011, Amazon has unceremoniously terminated its relationship with tens of thousands of affiliate partners in nine states to avoid the nexus sales tax issue.
It’s clear that Barns and Noble plans to continue leveraging Amazon’s eCommerce sales tax woes to its own advantage. Consequently, the Amazon sales tax war rages on.
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