The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a case involving FedEx which had the potential to set precedent by giving workers the right to join “collective action” lawsuits when they live outside the state where the issue arose. The worker classification issue has been heating up in recent years, including California’s controversial AB5 law.
After the U.S. Supreme Court last week refused to hear a case that would have reopened the issue of using independent contractors in California, shippers are bracing for the supply chain impact as a nagging truck driver shortage becomes even more acute.
The U.S. Supreme Court, in an end-of-term note, on Wednesday declined to hear a California appellate case that leaves in place AB5, a 2020 state law that calls for so-called gig workers to be reclassified as employees, causing a seismic shift in the state’s transportation sector, among others.
The California Trucking Association (CTA) is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to ignore the recommendation of the California attorney general and instead review an appellate court decision upholding the state’s AB5 law, which calls for recognition of contract drivers as employees.
In the era of ecommerce explosion, the lines between purchases are getting blurred internally. With stores closed or operating at limited capacity, many are now using them to fulfill ecommerce orders. All of this has sales tax consequences. This MCM report addresses the impact of the shifting retail landscape on sales tax considerations.
The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Walmart.com doesn’t have to pay ecommerce sales tax to a local parish, but the decision doesn’t impact so-called marketplace facilitator laws created in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 Wayfair decision, Bloomberg Law reported.
A poll from the American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA) finds that 16 months later, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair is causing greater harm than anticipated to ecommerce, catalog and other merchants. Fifty-six percent of those polled said revenues had declined as a direct result of the decision.
To help ecommerce sellers better understand the landscape a year-plus after the Wayfair decision, Multichannel Merchant spoke with Mark Sieczkowski, senior product manager at Vertex, in an MCM CommerceChat podcast. Sieczkowski addresses registration, reporting and filing requirements and manual vs. automated processes.
One year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in South Dakota vs. Wayfair forever changed the ecommerce taxation landscape in the U.S. In the latest MCM CommerceChat podcast, we talk with Mike Bernard, chief tax officer at Vertex, about the ripple effects from the ruling impacting the entire ecommerce ecosystem.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are bonanzas for online sellers. But there could be a downside this year thanks to the Supreme Court’s South Dakota vs. Wayfair decision, which says states can charge online retailers’ sales tax, regardless of the company’s physical location. Here are 4 things to keep on top of heading into the holidays.