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OCTOBER 31, 2018

and lobbyists who contend a new tax on some of the world’s biggest internet companies would create what is seen as a dangerous precedent. Chamber of Commerce — lobbyists and lawmakers, Donohue and others think the tax would target big American technology companies unfairly. is facing pushback by lawmakers in the U.S.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

George Ruan and Ryan Hudson, the co-founders of online coupon service Honey, received a pre-tax haul of $1.5 billion after their company was sold to PayPal, according to a report Tuesday (Jan. The men are from Los Angeles and the company was sold for $4 billion. 28) by Bloomberg.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Facing a growing budget deficit and the cries from local businesses about fairness, the Canadian government is proposing a new digital tax on foreign web giants such as Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and Google. The digital tax is part of a broader five-year, $3.4 billion levy that was unveiled in parliament Monday (Nov. An Outdated System.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Lau’s comments came when the China-based company registered a September quarter that exceeded expectations due to spiking demand for digital games, Nikkei Asia reported. "As The tech company’s formidable performance comes as Chinese authorities seek to exercise more control over the nation’s top digital platforms.

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MARCH 21, 2018

The European Commission is gearing up to propose new rules later Wednesday (March 21) that would require digital companies to pay more taxes — and the rules could include U.S. technology companies Google and Facebook. The news service noted it’s not a slam dunk that the new tax requirement will be approved.

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

Sales taxes empower governments to maintain critical public services, but they can also make medical essentials too expensive for those who need them. Campaigns against taxing obligatory items are spreading across the United States, forcing states to rethink their revenue generation decisions. Sales taxes’ price tags.

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JUNE 21, 2018

States can collect sales taxes from online retailers thanks to a U.S. The 5-4 decision essentially overturns the court’s 1992 ruling that states can collect sales taxes only from retailers that maintain a physical presence in those states. billion in tax revenue in 2017,” according to the report. retail sales.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The jousting over eCommerce taxes — especially for U.S. Last week in India, the government proposed a tax on eCommerce transactions that will likely increase operating costs for sellers large and small. The tax, technically known as “Tax Deducted at Source” (TDS), is sent directly to an account held by the central government.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

After some years of fighting any and all attempts on taxation, digital merchants seem to have made their peace with paying taxes and are starting to fall into line around the Online Sales Simplification Act of 2016. The letter of support requests Congress to “bring certainty and rationality” to the online tax situation.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Amazon and Flipkart are pushing back against a proposed Indian tax on the online eCommerce market, saying it will stymie growth in the industry, according to a report by Reuters. . The proposed tax is a piece of a bigger plan by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. billion people in India pay income tax.

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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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MAY 6, 2020

The pandemic has shut down brick-and-mortar casinos in markets like the United States to help minimize risk, for example, leading consumers to turn to online casinos and sportsbooks. This is resulting in increased revenue for these online gambling platforms in states like New Jersey — trends in growth that may well continue after the crisis.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

Overstock , the online retailer and blockchain company, announced Thursday (Jan. 3) that it will pay a portion of its state business taxes in Ohio in bitcoin, becoming the first major U.S. company to pay state taxes in bitcoin. Ohio is the first U.S.

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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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JUNE 10, 2020

Beyond the challenges of the pandemic that is forcing businesses to grapple with all manner of operating challenges, tax complexity has been building over the years on a global stage — and it’s only going to increase. There are many online merchants out there that have static, hard-coded tax rates in their systems.”.

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JULY 7, 2020

The Southeast Asian country’s national tax office announced it will impose a 10 percent value-added tax (VAT) on foreign global technology companies as the nation looks for ways to defray the costs of battling the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Reuters reported. A Netflix spokesman said the company would comply. “It

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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. Implementation.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

Several companies, including Twitter , are urging European Union regulators to “defend the Open Internet.” The companies expressed concern about how harmful and illegal content will be handled in the future. That’s even as “repressive regimes around the world use draconian legal frameworks to stifle online freedoms.”.

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AUGUST 30, 2019

The only certainties in life, the saying goes, are death and taxes. We’ll underscore the certainty of the latter — taxes — for eCommerce firms and sales taxes , especially. Although taxes may be certain — just how much tax is due, and where, and perhaps even when, are all variables that are far from certain.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

Key international negotiations surrounding Brexit stand to reshape global eCommerce, including the kinds and amounts of taxes that online marketplaces will face. 31 whether or not a deal is signed, however, leaving businesses to guess how they should prepare for any new tax compliance obligations that could be set in motion.

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MARCH 13, 2020

Tax season frustrations can blossom into real financial problems, especially when refunds are paper checks sent through postal mail. Recent research finds that 67 percent of millennial business owners operate independent companies rather than franchises. Proper tax education is critical to any business’s future, Daher said.

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APRIL 10, 2019

One of the largest challenges for procurement chiefs today, according to Sovos VP of Strategy Christiaan Van Der Valk, is tax compliance, and it can easily trip up organizations as regulations become more complex — and as regulators’ strategies to ensure tax compliance become more sophisticated.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2019

By some estimates, total dollars spent online through the holidays should grow by about 14 percent, to as much as $143.7 And in the wake of all those sales lies a pressing issue for merchants plying their trades online: figuring out the tax liabilities. States have been defining their parameters for economic nexuses.

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MARCH 15, 2019

With the first tax season post-tax reform nearing completion in the U.S., Ongoing regulatory changes and persistent uncertainty mean that that importance will continue even outside of tax season, with challenges that even the most automated of accounting software solutions cannot always tackle. Tackling Tax.

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JULY 31, 2019

Albania has announced it will implement a new online billing system to prevent businesses from circumventing tax payments and to boost revenue in the country, according to a report by Reuters. When Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government came into power, it ran a campaign asking companies to register and issue receipts.

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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 And Manual Tax Frustrations. Digitizing these processes can ease SMBs’ tax frustrations. Spring may seem far away, but U.S.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

Will Big Tech face bigger tax bills on an international stage? Beyond the debates on data privacy and compliance, marquee names in technology face greater scrutiny from various governments, and perhaps bigger tax bills, too. As reported, the tax imposed could be as much as 20 percent on social media and search ads.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Italy is preparing to tax digital companies to help fund its 2020 budget as it seeks different revenue streams to avoid a scheduled sales tax hike, sources told Reuters on Monday (Oct. International internet companies will reportedly have to pay a 3 percent levy on web-based sales.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The tax man looms across state and international borders, searching for digitally derived dollars due — scanning sites, platforms and even pop-up stores. However, as has been the case in so much of eCommerce, venturing into new geographies means companies must grapple with a host of new issues. Last year, in the case of South Dakota v.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

Thailand hopes to annually collect 3 billion to 4 billion baht ($98 million to $131 million) by introducing a tax on tech businesses, Reuters reported on Monday (Aug. If approved by Parliament, Thailand will institute a value-added-tax starting next year on electronic businesses, leveraging the eCommerce boom in the country.

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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. There’s no advertising in Google News.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

In an interview with PYMNTS, Liz Armbruester, senior vice president of Global Compliance at Avalara , said 2019 represented a watershed year for tax compliance as states embraced the economic nexus model and passed marketplace facilitator laws. Imposing state taxes on out-of-state sellers is now the new normal, she said.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Amid the continuing drumbeat for taxes on global commerce done through digital means, the Czech government has approved a new seven percent digital tax on global Internet firms which will, as Reuters reports , be levied on revenues tied to Czech users across advertising, digital marketplaces and data sales.

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APRIL 5, 2018

Filing taxes is hardly a walk in the park. Fortunately, online tax filing solutions have helped cut through the mounds of paperwork that go into preparation and filing — and consumers seem to be rejoicing. The average federal tax refund is $2,960 — $3,091 for direct deposit filers — as of March 2018.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Countries around the globe are launching new digital sales taxes in efforts to improve their revenue streams and create more balanced business environments for domestic brick-and-mortars and foreign eCommerce marketplaces. Around the Next-Gen Sales Tax world. in response, threatened a variety of retaliatory taxes.

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

Wayfair ruling gave states and cities permission to tax remote sellers and online marketplaces based on their economic participation in the state, regardless of whether they had physical presences. Online retailers aren’t sitting still when faced with new taxes — and some are even fighting back in court.

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JANUARY 5, 2018

Credit Karma Tax announced on Thursday (Jan. 4) the launch of Earlybird Advance, an online refund advance service. In a press release , the company said the service will enable U.S. citizens who file their tax returns through Credit Karma Tax to get a $500 to $1,000 advance on their tax refund with no fees or interest.

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