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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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Email Fraudsters Take Advantage Of Coronavirus Opportunity

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Officials are warning of a rise in phishing attacks, while retailers have also been warned about fraud risks, with Amazon recently removing 1 million products for allegedly making fraudulent claims, recent Forbes reports said. “This is an opportunity to conduct pretty robust cyber-espionage, if not cyber-hostage taking.

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Luxury Retail Finds New Avenues As Brick-And-Mortar Fades

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Luxury retail is being revised — and in some cases, reinvented — and those trends are worth attention as the 2019 holiday shopping season approaches. Not only that, but the luxury online consignment retailer opened a brick-and-mortar store on New York City’s famed Madison Avenue. Indeed, in its recent U.S. has notched $300 million.

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San Fran Considers Law Banning Cashless Stores, Including Amazon Go

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San Francisco is considering following in the footsteps of New Jersey and Philadelphia and banning cashless stores, including Amazon Go, according to a report from CNBC. Advocates say the move would reduce the threat of robbery and make it harder to avoid taxes. Amazon will likely lobby lawmakers about the issue, the report noted.

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Uber Adds Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits Option

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San Francisco, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Denver, Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle and New Jersey. Riders need to first decide how much pre-tax income they’d like to contribute to the account, with the maximum being $255 for the 2017 year. However there are still some parameters that riders need to take into account.

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Guest Post: 2013 Economic Year in Review and Outlook by Banker Dorothy Jaworski

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He was just in Philadelphia on January 3rd delivering his last public speech and he nostalgically proclaimed that “the recovery remains incomplete,” which will qualify his comment for the understatement of the year award. No wonder retailers were slashing prices for the Christmas holiday spending season. Real GDP grew by 4.1%

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If Cash Won’t Die, Why Not Manage It Better Digitally?

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Cash is easily stolen, lost, laundered, hidden from the tax man, and rendered unhip by P2P and other rising mobile payment methods. Woe to any retailer or service provider that turns its back to such a potential consumer base — or pool of labor. Earlier in the month, Philadelphia — home of the first U.S. Cash Versus Cashless.