Paul Rafelson: Navigating Through the Perpetual E-Commerce Minefield
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Navigating Through the Perpetual E-Commerce Minefield
Episode 73
with Paul Rafelson
Paul Rafelson is an attorney who specializes in tax law issues. Paul spent over 12 years defending some of the largest companies in the world from some of the most complex tax matters, in almost every state, as he has spent a substantial amount of his career as in-house tax litigation counsel for some of the world’s largest companies, Microsoft, Walmart and General Electric.
Over the last year, Paul has also been leading the charge in the sales tax legal battle on behalf of online merchants, fighting to protect the constitutional rights of the merchant community, and insuring they didn’t fall victim to states like California, that are pursuing sellers for eight years of back taxes. As a part of his efforts, Paul helped form an online trade association called Online Merchants Guild, where he volunteers his time as the organization’s executive director. As executive director of OMG Paul wrote and submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, bringing the online merchant perspective to the case, and through the organization is actively preparing to take further legal action that will help protect the constitutional rights of all merchants worldwide.
Listen to this information-packed BizSoup Podcast Radio episode with Paul Rafelson about navigating through the minefields in e-commerce.
Talking points include:
● Why there are sales tax issues.
● How you should sell your product independently.
● Why trademarks are the underused form of intellectual property.
● How to deal with Amazon.
Connect with Paul Rafelson
Website
ecomattorneys.com
Facebook
facebook.com/eComAttorneys
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/company/ecomattorneys
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Navigating Through the Perpetual E-Commerce Minefield
Episode 73
with Paul Rafelson
Paul Rafelson is an attorney who specializes in tax law issues. Paul spent over 12 years defending some of the largest companies in the world from some of the most complex tax matters, in almost every state, as he has spent a substantial amount of his career as in-house tax litigation counsel for some of the world’s largest companies, Microsoft, Walmart and General Electric.
Over the last year, Paul has also been leading the charge in the sales tax legal battle on behalf of online merchants, fighting to protect the constitutional rights of the merchant community, and insuring they didn’t fall victim to states like California, that are pursuing sellers for eight years of back taxes. As a part of his efforts, Paul helped form an online trade association called Online Merchants Guild, where he volunteers his time as the organization’s executive director. As executive director of OMG Paul wrote and submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, bringing the online merchant perspective to the case, and through the organization is actively preparing to take further legal action that will help protect the constitutional rights of all merchants worldwide.
Listen to this information-packed BizSoup Podcast Radio episode with Paul Rafelson about navigating through the minefields in e-commerce.
Talking points include:
● Why there are sales tax issues.
● How you should sell your product independently.
● Why trademarks are the underused form of intellectual property.
● How to deal with Amazon.
Connect with Paul Rafelson
Website
ecomattorneys.com
facebook.com/eComAttorneys
linkedin.com/company/ecomattorneys
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices