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Indonesia Levies 10 Pct Tax On Sales From Tech Firms

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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. The country’s total budget for 2020 is $177.6

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US Treasury: Taxes On Digital Companies Are Discriminatory

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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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National Restaurant Association Framework Aims To Close Gap Between Restaurants And Aggregators

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16), the National Restaurant Association offered up seven public policy tenets that – in collaboration with delivery aggregators – are being billed as a “framework” for the delivery industry. The study found that 76.7 With data sharing, to boot. To that end, as reported on Wednesday (Dec. percent and 37.6

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The Strange Spending Trends Around Sales Tax Holidays

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According to the National Retail Federation , as of last year parents entered August with about 45 percent of their back-to-school shopping done. This year 17 states will have sales tax holidays of one form or another — up from 16 last year, but down from the national high of 20 states in 2010. How Tax Holidays Work.

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Bulgaria Fines Tax Agency $2.9M Following Data Breach

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The National Revenue Agency (NRA) in Bulgaria was fined 5.1 Reuters is reporting that the tax agency said it was going to appeal the decision. Leaders in the country say that public institutions don’t spend enough on cybersecurity, and analysts who studied the attack say it was fairly basic. million levs ($2.9

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Get An Education Loan For Your Kid’s Higher Studies

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An education loan will cover tuition fees, exam and library fees, the cost of books, accommodation costs, travelling expenses for overseas study, equipment charges like the cost of a laptop, and any other education-related expenses. For studies in India, confirmed admission in a college/university recognised by the UGC/Govt./AICTE

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Misinvoicing Costing Nations Billions, Warns UNCTAD

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For others, however, entire national economies can be affected. According to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), that’s exactly what’s happening in some developing nations, in which invoice errors across Africa and South America are leading to the loss of up to two-thirds of commodity export value.

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