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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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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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What The Streamlined Sales And Use Tax Agreement Means After Wayfair

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Businesses depend on the public services tax revenues pay for: roads that facilitate deliveries, courts where firms resolve legal disputes and regulators that help protect businesses from fraud. Even businesses eager to pay their share, however, may feel that complying with tax laws is complicated. . SSUTA’s Role in South Dakota v.

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The Economic Case For Remote Sales Tax Uniformity

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Wayfair play out for nearly two years, as states unfurl all kinds of economic nexus and marketplace facilitator policies. The cost of the new taxes does not seem to be weighing businesses down, but the pain of compliance certainly is, he said. . is the only country that has such a complex consumption tax system.” .

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Beyond emissions: the interplay of macroprudential regulation and climate policy

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Francesca Diluiso, Barbara Annicchiarico and Marco Carli While climate change is often seen as a long-term concern, climate mitigation policies can have different short-term effects, since they affect the transmission mechanism of conventional macroeconomic shocks.

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How convenience stores are embracing omnichannel sales and frictionless payments

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tax policy at Avalara, explains why the technological innovation taking place across the convenience store industry has drastically increased the burden of product management, compliance, and shipping on businesses placing their stake in the omnichannel landscape. Scott Peterson, VP of U.S.

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How Sales Tax Complexities Shape eCommerce, Sellers’ Business Decisions

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Merchants must handle the sales tax compliance obligations of each locale from which they receive money if they want to sell online. The complexities of sales tax compliance affect business decisions by both sellers and marketplaces, according to Ted Hettich, chief sales officer at U.K. Deciphering obligations.

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