Amazon Drops More Affiliates Over Online Tax Issue -- Amazon -- InformationWeek

Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has informed its marketing affiliates in Hawaii and Rhode Island that their business relationship with the online firm has been ended. Amazon has been dropping its affiliates in states that approve the collection of sales taxes for online transactions.

The game of cat and mouse continues as more states pass legislation to collect taxes on online sales and Amazon moves to drop its affiliates in those states. Late last week Amazon told its marketing affiliates in North Carolina that it was concluding its business relationship with the affiliates. Amazon maintains that the state sales tax procedures are unconstitutional...