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What ‘Patchwork’ eCommerce Taxes Mean For Black Friday – And Beyond

PYMNTS

And in the wake of all those sales lies a pressing issue for merchants plying their trades online: figuring out the tax liabilities. At the same time, navigating tax policies is proving to be a complex business. tax policy at Avalara , noted that this holiday season is the second one post-Wayfair. The hard part?

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The Blockchain Wave Isn’t Always Smooth Sailing

PYMNTS

The blockchain hype certainly hasn’t risen without catching the attention of regulators. Some policymakers are beginning to step into the space, including in the state of Nebraska, in which a lawmaker has submitted three bills focused on distributed ledger and cryptocurrency technology.

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Weird Commerce: ComplyRight, All Those Employment Regulation Signs

PYMNTS

“Our overarching mission is to provide compliance services for small businesses, businesses that don’t have in-house attorneys or tech professionals, to provide the info that small businesses need to comply with employee management and tax reporting requirements,” said Susan Drenning, president of ComplyRight Inc. Fremont, Nebraska.

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Surprises from the Consumer Financial Decision Making Conference (Behavioral Economics)

Celent Banking

Here are a few other tidbits that I’ll expand upon in the full report: People don’t like to pay taxes (no surprise). But tax costs are perceived more negatively than other costs; Betterment got people to trade less by highlighting the tax consequences of the trade. There is no such thing as the “right thing” for everybody.

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24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

CB Insights

At the age of 26, Nebraska stockbroker and school teacher named Warren Buffett took his “retirement fund” of $174,000 and decided to start his own investment business. In the early 70s, See’s was able to produce about $2M a year (after tax) on just $8M in net tangible assets (including all accounts receivable.)

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Fintech Fundings: 27 Companies Raise $345 Million Week Ending August 14

Fintech Labs Insights

It was another stellar week for Finovate alums with 6 fundings totaling $123 million: money transfer service Payoneer ($50 mil), AI innovator Kensho ($33 million), tax specialist VATBox ($24 million), , cash-back specialist Mogl ($7.9 VAT tax refund solution . HQ: Omaha, Nebraska. million), mobile security provider Tyfone ($6.6