First Business, Jan. 27, 2012
Amazon’s Tax Problem: First Business interviews IRMA Senior Counsel Tanya Triche in a story explaining why tax-free online shopping may soon be a thing of the past. WATCH
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First Business: Why tax-free online shopping may soon be a thing of the past
January 30, 2012 – 12:54 pm
FOX Chicago Sunday: David Vite on Impact If Sears Holdings Corp. Leaves Illinois
December 6, 2011 – 3:10 pm
FOX Chicago News, Dec. 4, 2011
Chicago – What’s at stake for Illinois if Sears Holdings Corp. decides to pull up stakes and move out? David Vite, of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association joined FOX Chicago Sunday to talk about what it would mean to lose the parent company of Sears. WATCH
Retailers push for “e-fairness”
December 2, 2011 – 4:22 pm
KWMU St. Louis Public Radio, Dec. 1, 2011
By Maria Altman
Some retailers in Illinois are lobbying for E-fairness nationally; a move to require online vendors to charge sales tax just like brick-and-mortar businesses. GO TO STORY
Congress could help states collect online sales taxes
December 2, 2011 – 4:18 pm
By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News, Dec. 1, 2011
SPRINGFIELD — Illinoisans who buy the latest best-selling book as a Christmas gift on Amazon.com will pay $12.99. Buy the same book at a local bookstore and they’ll pay an extra 81 cents. The bookstore isn’t charging more. It’s collecting Illinois’ 6.25 percent sales tax, which online retailers without a physical presence in the state don’t have to collect. GO TO STORY
State Retailers Group Back “E-Fairness” Bill
December 2, 2011 – 4:14 pm
WILL-FM Champaign Public Radio, December 1, 2011
An Illinois retailers group is endorsing bills in Congress that could settle the battle over sales taxes between online sellers and brick-and-mortar stores. GO TO STORY
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