Yay, taxes! It looks like more and more states are considering forcing the likes of Amazon and Overstock.com (note: I’ve never bought anything from there!) to pay taxes. This is good and bad: it helps, however little, state governments balance the books, but it also raises the cost of “doing business” in those states. It also makes it more expensive to buy things online. Boo! As always, the story is more complicated that it needs to be. A law recently went into effect in Colorado that would have forced Amazon to pay taxes on money made via its affiliate store program.[Read more...]