This is not good news for home based business owners and online marketers who rely on making money from their Internet based businesses. How many more stats are looking into taxing affiliate sales to help bring dollars into their accounts in this down economy? Will your state be next?

Amazon.com Inc. closed accounts with its affiliates in North Carolina to avoid paying a proposed sales tax, according to media reports Friday. In an email, Amazon reportedly told marketing affiliates in the state that the move was a direct result of North Carolina’s push to levy a tax on purchases made through Amazon affiliates. FOX NEWS

Let me know if you are in a state where this has already happened or where legislation to tax affiliate sales is being proposed.