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Mexico To Tax Digital Services From Other Countries

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Mexico passed a law this week that taxes digital services from other countries, according to a report. A 16 percent value-added tax (VAT) will be tacked onto digital services starting on June 1 of this year. The tax will cover all online applications, including video, audio streaming, images, education and others.

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Things worth reading: 4th October 2019

Chris Skinner

Things we’re reading today include … Small banks must step up if they want to keep their small-business customers PayPal on the verge of quitting Facebook’s Libra project It has been a torrid week for Indian banks Wealth taxes have moved up the political agenda ‘I was scammed by a … The post Things worth reading: 4th October (..)

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Tax Season Adds Extra Fraud Weight For SMBs

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Tax season is upon U.S. In a new report from ProofPoint , researchers warned that any businesses with the word “tax” in its domain is at risk of being spoofed by phishing attackers targeting small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Indeed, tax season isn’t the only threat hitting SMBs, either.

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Things worth reading: September 13, 2019

Chris Skinner

Things we’re reading today include … Deutsche Bank is first to settle bond-rigging lawsuit, amid federal probe Hong Kong’s bourse seeks to snap up the London Stock Exchange Steven Mnuchin begins reforming America’s giant mortgage-guarantee firms Google to pay â‚Ĵ1bn to end French tax probe Hong Kong stock market operator … The post (..)

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Aussie Tax Office Warns SMBs To Pay Up

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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is warning small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that if they don’t pay their taxes on time, they could face consequences like a reduction in credit rating, Mozo reported on Wednesday (Feb. percent of respondents said meeting tax payments promptly would create cash flow issues in their business.

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The State-By-State Complexities Of Sales Tax Compliance

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Retailers that want to sell merchandise nationwide must pay attention to how each state’s tax code treats their goods. For example, products considered to be exempt medical necessities in some states might be taxed at high rates in others. 100: Minimum number of local tax codes in Alaska.

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Things worth reading: 18th February 2019

Chris Skinner

Things we’re reading today include … New Zealand to target online giants with digital tax Problem gamblers are using PayPal to spend up to £150,000 a day Banks could easily stumble over Brexit and buybacks Tiger Global dumps Barclays stake in blow to Staley Russia’s Gazprombank freezes accounts of Venezuela’s … The post (..)

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