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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Amazon Looks To Increase Fees With Digital Tax In Spain; Google Might Make Search Inaccessible In Australia

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Amazon Plans to Raise Fees for Companies in Wake of New Digital Tax in Spain . After Spain’s government levied a new digital tax, Amazon plans to increase fees by 3 percent starting in April for Spanish firms harnessing its platform, Reuters reported. Morgan Stanley Ups Price Target on Apple. 21, according to the report. .

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Five At Five: France Aims To Tax Big Tech

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Today’s coverage includes the latest European push to tax such companies as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. France’s Finance Minister Wants EU-Wide Digital Tax By Year End. The new tax would apply to Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon so that they are paying what the government sees as a fairer tax rate in the region.

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Apple Pay And A Decade Of Innovation Top Payments News This Week

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We have deep, data-supported dives on Apple Pay, the outlooks for payments innovation in the 2020s, web sales taxes and Amazon’s holiday shopping season news. What Apple Pay At Five Says About The Future Of Mobile POS Payments. NRF On The Case For Revising eCommerce Sales Tax Laws. The 2018 South Dakota v.

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Seattle Approves Next Tax For Big Companies Like Amazon

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Seattle’s city council has approved a new tax for the city’s biggest companies, including Amazon , to combat a housing crisis impacting the city’s working class. The new tax was passed with a 9-0 vote, and would affect most companies grossing at least $20 million a year.

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Will Amazon, eBay And Apple Have A Happy Holiday Season?

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That projection took into account transactions at 80 of the top 100 retailers in the United States, along with visits by consumers to U.S. retail websites. Overall holiday retail sales, by contrast, will increase 4.8 percent, according to an estimate from the National Retail Federation. Apple Woes. Take Amazon.

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RBC: Apple Services Revenue Lower Than Expected

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13) saying that Apple’s services revenue growth has slowed to 18 percent year-over-year, when it was expected to be at about 27 percent. CNBC reported that services, which Apple frequently mentions as a bright spot for revenue and growth, is not doing the business it should be. 14), Apple’s stock dropped about 1.3

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Retail Crisis In U.S., U.K. A Fizzle For 2020?

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Looking past the cheerful numbers tied to holiday shopping and the tens of billions of dollars spent on Black Friday, Cyber Monday and into Christmas, the decline of retail, at least the traditional retail model, continues into the new year, and across oceans. The retail sector is among the largest employers in the U.K.,

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