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Seattle OKs Head Tax Aimed At Big Business

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Seattle’s City Council passed a new tax for big businesses operating in the city, including Amazon , according to CNBC. The tax, called the JumpStart Seattle Tax, will target businesses with at least $7 million in annual revenue. Those businesses will be taxed 0.7 Those businesses will be taxed 0.7

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Top 5 Trends to Watch in 2018

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EXCLUSIVE — It’s not even a month into 2018 and already so much has changed. Then of course there are various other events sweeping the financial services space, from new tax laws in the U.S., The cryptocurrency bitcoin, which shocked everyone by surpassing $17K, further shocked everyone by dropping below $10K.

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French Government Institutes 3 Percent Digital Tax

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-based internet companies, announcing Wednesday (March 6) the introduction of a digital tax that will impact companies including Google, Facebook, and Amazon. According to a report in CNBC , France’s finance minister announced the 3 percent tax, saying it will apply to about 30 big companies, mainly from the U.S.

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A ‘Diaper’ By Any Other Tax Code: The Complexities Of Selling Across State Tax Laws

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Merchants aiming to sell nationwide must pay attention to how their goods are treated by each state’s tax code. Items considered as exempt medical necessities in some states may be taxed at high rates in others, and businesses cannot afford to be caught by surprise. Around The Next-Gen Sales Tax Wor ld.

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Helping SaaS Firms Make Sense Of eCommerce?s Tax Complexities

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Beyond the challenges of the pandemic that is forcing businesses to grapple with all manner of operating challenges, tax complexity has been building over the years on a global stage — and it’s only going to increase. One significant example can be found in the 2018 Supreme Court ruling known as South Dakota v.

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Will eSports And Other Online Businesses Spike Digital Taxes?

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Historians and economists regularly look to tax policies to get a sense of what happened within a particular industry, society or country. No doubt the chronicles to come about the rise of the internet age and the spread of digital culture will include serious treatment of tax issues. Taxing Confusion. billion in 2022.”.

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New Mexico Lawsuit Sparks Marijuana Business Tax Debate

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Paying business taxes is a key source of friction for many legal marijuana companies in the nation, particularly for companies that operate on a cash-only basis. A lawsuit in New Mexico is reigniting the debate over marijuana business taxes, only this time, the controversy surrounds how to classify these companies under state tax code.