Watch Out: Use Tax is Rearing Its Ugly Head Again

That’s all well and good. But even though the New York law approaches the issue rather tentatively, it’s still alarming, because, as Isaacson points out, “no other state has adopted such an aggressive stance regarding affiliate marketing programs.”

Beyond the most serious concern of other states grabbing hold of this law and running all the way to Washington with it, the alarming thing about New York’s actions is how some of these loopholes will be treated by New York tax administrators and courts.