I’ll be presenting two programs to the newly-formed eCommerce Ann Arbor group on Monday, April 16, 2012 starting at 6:30 p.m., at Connor O’Neills in Ann Arbor.

“eCommerce and State Sales Taxes: Understanding ‘Amazon’ Tax Laws”

Cash-strapped states are looking at Internet sales as a potential new source of tax revenue. Online retailers should take notice. In the past three years, seven states have enacted so-called “Amazon” laws (named after online mega-retailer Amazon.com) in an attempt to force online retailers to collect and remit sales taxes for Internet sales in their states. Fifteen other states have had similar legislation introduced or currently pending. This presentation will focus on understanding what “Amazon” taxes laws are and the future of Internet sales taxes.

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“Email Marketing; Understanding the CAN-SPAM Act”

In 2001, it was estimated that unsolicited commercial email, otherwise known as “spam”, accounted for approximately 7% of all email messages. Two years later, it was estimated that spam accounted for nearly half of all email messages. In response, congress passed the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003, otherwise known as the CAN-SPAM Act, in an effort to regulate commercial email on a nationwide basis, stem misleading practices, and provide recipients withan opportunity to “opt-out” of additional messages from the same source. This presentation will focus on how to comply with the CAN-SPAM Act, common mistakes, and recent enforcement actions.

RSVP here. I hope you can make it.

–Matt