The Virginia Affiliate Tax appears to have surfaced as Senate Bill no. 660 on January 21st, 2010. There have been rumors of this bill being in the works this past week.
It contains the standard copycat language that the other state bills contain. Here’s the pertinent section, highlighting is theirs indicating the new text:
If you’re from Virginia, the absolute best thing you can do is to register your support in fighting this tax on the Performance Marketing Association website. The best chance we have in defeating this bill and similar bills in other states is to work together in a coordinated fashion to go with the same messaging and even visit the state house in a groups. The PMA can help coordinate these efforts like they did in California last year.
I'm Scott Jangro and I've been around the affiliate marketing space a long time. I've seen publisher businesses come and go. Heck, I've seen business models come and go. AffBook is about building sustainable web publishing businesses and funding them with what I think is the best way possible -- affiliate marketing.
