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Tax Compliance Complicates Software Subscription Business

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Tax compliance has never been a simple issue for businesses. Enter Software as a Service (SaaS), and even tax codes have been playing catch-up with the subscription business. As the marketplace shifts toward a more SaaS-based strategy, you can be sure that we're going to see a shift in tax guidance as well.”. Here in the U.S.,

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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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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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Deutsche Bank Report Eyes WFH Tax To Boost Economy

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A tax for working at home? Before the pandemic, the number of work-from-homers shot up 173 percent in the United States between 2005 and 2018, the report notes. For years we have needed a tax on remote workers — covid has just made it obvious,” Templeman writes. And how much of a tax are we talking about?

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When One State’s Tax-Exempt Necessity Is Another’s High-Tax Discretionary Purchase

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Sales taxes empower governments to maintain critical public services, but they can also make medical essentials too expensive for those who need them. Campaigns against taxing obligatory items are spreading across the United States, forcing states to rethink their revenue generation decisions. Sales taxes’ price tags.

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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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Bitcoin Daily: South Korea’s 20 Pct Crypto Tax To Start In 2023; Bitcoin Shoots Above $40K

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South Korea will begin taxing crypto benefits 20 percent, from both buying and selling, beginning in 2023, according to a report from Asia Today. million won (about $2,200) from digital assets will be hit with the 20 percent tax. The report stated the tax announcements were made Wednesday (Jan.

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