Catherine Aquilina for Mercury
How the new tax law could impact your ecommerce business
Running an ecommerce business is hard enough — keeping customers happy, managing inventory, chasing down suppliers. Then tax season arrives, and the rules seem to have changed again.
Congress just passed H.R.1 , also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), the biggest tax overhaul in nearly a decade. Buried in hundreds of pages of legalese are several changes that could put real money back in your business — if you know how to use them.
On Aug. 29, a federal Appeals Court invalidated certain authorities used to set tariffs. The decision left existing tariffs in place until October 14. Further appeals mean that rules may continue to fluctuate.
Mercury has pulled out the updates that ma