There are two different bills working in the Senate to push for a federal sales tax, the Main Street Fairness Act and the Marketplace Fairness Act. Amazon feels strongly that a bill at the federal level would simplify collecting sales tax for online vendors who don't have a physical nexus in a state and resolve the long standing problems that the "Amazon tax" has held for … [Read more...]
Not enough memory for PHP or just a stupid script?
I recently came across an error with a theme on Drupal 7 that was complaining about insufficient memory in order for a setting change to be made. It gave the error: There is not enough memory available to PHP to change this theme's color scheme. You need at least 18.51 MB more. Check the PHP documentation for more information. … [Read more...]
Bi-Partisan Marketplace Fairness Act Introduced to Senate Today
The "Main Street Fairness Act" that has been causing affiliate members to be left in the cold at the state-level was introduced to the federal level last time we mentioned it here. Today, a similar bill was introduced as the Marketplace Fairness Act to the Senate with four senators support across both parties, Senators Mike Enzi (R-WY), Dick Durbin(D-IL), Lamar Alexander (R-TN) … [Read more...]
A Window Opens For Appealing the “Amazon Tax” In Illinois
If you're an Illinois-based publisher or small business who has suffered reduced income or lost sources of revenue when Illinois passed its Affiliate Nexus Tax, or "Amazon Tax", you may be very interested in a press conference being held tomorrow. HB 3659 became Public Act 96-1544 with Governor Quinn's signature on March 10th of this year and went into effect July 1st. As a … [Read more...]
SlideShare Opts for HTML5 Instead of Flash For Your Online Presentations
SlideShare, a popular site for sharing presentations online, updated its service this week to instead of converting uploaded presentations to Flash-powered, embeddable presentations it is now converting them to HTML5. The update was discussed in the SlideShare blog. The benefits are outstanding: Your slides will display flawlessly on an iPhone, iPad, Android and any other … [Read more...]