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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

To assist companies in following Goods and Services Tax (GST) rules in India, Avalara, Inc. For global businesses, their India operation is critical to their competitiveness, but that has exposed them to a new world of GST compliance complexity," Avalara Chief Product Officer Sanjay Parthasarathy said in the announcement.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

tax reform on the small business community, but so far, small business owners say the overhauls have made little impact on their hiring practices. “We asked, ‘What effect on your hiring plans has the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act had?' . “We asked, ‘What effect on your hiring plans has the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act had?'”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Wayfair Supreme Court decision continue to rattle online merchants, as three states (California, Louisiana and South Carolina) are now trying to collect eCommerce sales tax retroactively, as far back as five years. have moved to collect sales tax from remote sellers, and it’s just the beginning. To date 43 states and Washington, D.C.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

As 2020 dawns, regulators are continuing to focus on taxes and possible anti-competitive behavior on the part of tech’s marquee names. Russian regulators are seemingly taking aim at larger U.S. The Russian regulation means that tech giants would have to pre-install the Yandex web browser and other apps. Across the Pond.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

France’s financial regulator is set to approve a wave of cryptocurrency-related firms in the country, subjecting them to new rules that include paying taxes and complying with capital requirements and consumer protections, according to a report by Reuters. Because digital currency is so new, regulations vary around the world.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

A “link tax” might mean the end of Google News in the EU. Richard Gingras, the search engine’s vice-president of news, said while “it’s not desirable to shut down services” the company isn’t happy with Brussels’ current proposal to charge a link tax for using news stories. In July, Google was hit with a $5.1

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

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. he said. .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

The joys of tax season: complex paperwork, long wait times and check disbursements. Many United States consumers are still reliant on paper checks when it comes to receiving their tax refunds, which represents the largest sum of money many of them will receive at one point during the fiscal year.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

The European Union has announced that it will not move forward with a digital tax plan covering the entire EU, but also said it would look at reforming tax laws for internet companies, according to a report from Reuters. The global tax reform is being prepared by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

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MARCH 12, 2019

Treasury official said a French tax plan targeting American digital companies is discriminatory against American businesses. Treasury’s top international tax official, called the taxes “ill-conceived,” and said the better option was to go after tax reform internationally at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Indonesia has announced it’s going to reduce the threshold for taxing imported eCommerce consumer goods from $75 to $3, to help control the purchases of cheap foreign goods and help protect smaller Indonesian firms, according to a report by Reuters. They’ll be taxed at a rate of 32.5 million last year and 6.1 percent to 37.5

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

Halving also doubled the cost of mining, which saw inefficient miners ceasing operation. South Korea is pondering a modification to its tax law which could place taxes on cryptocurrencies. But individuals’ profits from virtual currency is not listed as income, they don’t end up falling under income taxes.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

businesses are likely already feeling tax season’s pressures. Filing is exhausting and complicated for individuals, and businesses experience those tax difficulties to a far greater degree. SMBs need to remain compliant with increasingly complex financial regulations. SMBs And Manual Tax Frustrations.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

The Australian government is preparing a strategy to combat tax dodging among small businesses amounting to an estimated $11 billion in missing tax payments, News.com.au billion small business “tax gap” — the difference between income tax collected and what small businesses actually owed. reported Monday (Aug.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The head of the country’s only licensed and publicly traded cryptocurrency broker says tighter regulation and exponentially higher yields are causing corporate treasury and cash management accounts to seriously consider this alternative asset class. This in the wake of the OCC’s Sept. This in the wake of the OCC’s Sept. The Pandemic Pop.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

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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BankUnderground

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Carlos Can Salazar, John Thanassoulis and Misa Tanaka Several global financial centres, including London, Hong Kong and Singapore, are overseen by financial regulators with an objective on competitiveness and growth. How much do financial regulators care about growth? What happens when several regulators have a growth objective?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

A tax dispute between Intel and the Internal Revenue Service could cost large technology companies billions of dollars, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. billion tax expense due to the case, and Alphabet turned around on a $418 million benefit. Facebook disclosed a $1.1

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MARCH 1, 2020

s audit regulator, announced plans this week to break up the dominance of the largest four accounting firms, Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC , according to the Financial Times. The regulator issued letters to those firms, known as the Big Four, Thursday. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the U.K.’s

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2021

Cygnet Infotech promotes FACE as a product that handles not only conventional accounting processes, but also provides specialized handling of challenges around goods and services taxes. India uses its Invoice Registration Portal to track business activity and ensure compliance with tax laws.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Here’s the latest news for Big Tech’s Google , Amazon , Apple and Facebook , which are coming under increasing scrutiny from legislators and regulators the world over. Regulation. The FAA’s role is to ensure that any [drone] operation is performed safely,” the FAA said in a statement to PYMNTS. and other countries.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The legislation aims to ensure that state-authorized and regulated cannabis businesses are not forced to operate with cash only. Cannabis-related businesses are locked out of the banking system, and cannot maintain checking accounts, process payroll obligations or pay taxes. 47 states, 3 territories and D.C.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The Colorado Department of Revenue has revealed that the state’s regulated marijuana industry sales have topped $6 billion since sales began in 2014. In addition, taxes generated by the industry grew by nearly 8 percent last year. Last year, regulated marijuana sales in Colorado were nearly $1.55 billion the previous year.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Ponzi schemes A fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to earlier investors using money from new investors rather than legitimate profits. Sweepstakes/charity/lottery scams Victims are told they have won a lottery or sweepstakes but must pay taxes or fees to claim their prize.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2019

In other news, Portugal’s Tax Authority has announced that both cryptocurrency trading and payments in crypto will not be taxed in the country. Coin Telegraph reported that the confirmation follows a previous tax ruling by the regulator that cryptos should not be taxed in Portugal.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

This is similar to the ‘salt movement’ which India fought where salt was taxed. Similarly now, Google is taxing the entire technology landscape, arbitrarily for just providing a platform.” . 8), DealStreetAsia reported Friday.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The state of Missouri is reportedly considering a ban on cash tax payments, a move that has raised concerns for local legal marijuana businesses that are struggling to obtain banking services and relying on cash to remain in operation. On a national level, the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Criminals can direct federal or state tax authorities to issue fraudulent tax refunds on prepaid debit cards.”. Government Accountability Office described how some banks along the border are closing branches because of the challenges of complying with AML regulations. A report last year from the U.S.

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MAY 6, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a noted effect on how several industries can operate and interact with their customers during this time including retail stores, movie theaters and casinos. TurboTax is among the platforms seeking to make it easier for U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Facebook’s Libra project has renewed focus on how cryptocurrencies are regulated, with current rules on the sector patchy and varying from country to country. Regulators are increasingly taking note, with some seeking to improve AML and anti-tax evasion efforts by prohibiting anonymous crypto transactions.

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APRIL 14, 2020

Gig workers’ rights and benefits — including healthcare and access to unemployment — have become key topics debated by regulators in th e United States as they work to figure out how to provide support. and other countries is the way consumers and regulators th ink about it. How The Pandemic Is Impacting Business Regulations.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Financial services providers that slack on regulatory compliance and fail to safeguard their operations against money laundering, terrorist financing and other criminal activities may face damaged reputations and significant fines. billion — 91 percent — of those penalties, while European regulators demanded $1.7 imposed a full $23.52

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

1, a milestone that also made Action 24/7 the only locally owned sportsbook gaming operator of four licensed by the state. “I While the instant betting and payout abilities are a positive, there is no competing with the black market when it comes to the collection of taxes. We’re bringing sports gambling out of the shadows,” she said.

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MAY 19, 2020

BlockFi said it was “able to confirm that no funds, passwords, social security numbers, tax identification numbers, passports, licenses, bank account information, nor similar non-public identification information was exposed as a result of this incident.”.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 7, 2023

Bank ERC Background Bank ERCs is a refundable tax credit available to businesses, including financial institutions, affected by the global pandemic as granted under the CARES Act and modified by the Relief Act. Unable to hold in-person meetings—with customers, partners, regulators, industry representatives, and more.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

According to news from Reuters , the government in France wanted tax authorities to investigate Airbnb’s payment system over suspicions that it was enabling the avoidance of taxes after it learned the company was allowing hosts to use a prepaid Payoneer card. Hotel operators in France contend Airbnb is creating unfair competition.

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