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The New York Times reported that remote work has meant many San Franciscans have fled the Bay area. At the same time, sales tax receipts in the downtown’s retail, hotel and business districts fell more than 70 percent in the second quarter last year compared with the same period in 2019, Bloomberg reported.

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The fees are outrageous,” said Nick Sanford, owner of Toss ‘n Fire Pizza locations in Syracuse, New York. “We Apply the local sales tax and the new total is $48.07. Customers using DoorDash also have the option to leave a tip for the courier – say, $9, for a new total of $65.36. will go to taxes, $8.29

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One of the latest, ongoing trends is the rise of online luxury resale commerce. Not only that, but the luxury online consignment retailer opened a brick-and-mortar store on New York City’s famed Madison Avenue. But even without traditional physical stores, luxury retail is finding new homes — and not just online.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Borrower protection initiatives have taken aim at predatory lenders, both online and brick-and-mortar, with legislators at the state and federal levels addressing concerns that include a lack of transparency and sky-high fees and interest rates. small businesses had sought a loan online, compared to just 19 percent that did so in 2017.

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JUNE 2, 2020

Tax revenues have disappeared, and at the same time the CARES Act passed earlier this year provides hundreds of billions of dollars to state, local and tribal governments. Spending, after all, generates tax dollars, and tax dollars flow into government coffers and optimize services and investments.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

Amid the commission caps, and amid the pandemic’s tailwind that has spurred a great digital shift toward food delivery through online channels – might eateries and aggregators be partnering to navigate a post-COVID future? That roster includes Washington State, New Jersey, Chicago and New York City. percent and 37.6

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JANUARY 10, 2017

Low-income consumers are far more likely to find it difficult to secure mainstream credit sources and are thus much more likely to make use of high-cost alternative credit sources when financial emergencies hit, often in the form of a payday, title, tax refund anticipation or installment loan. SNAP online . It doesn’t stop there.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

Except that they can’t, because it’s not like they can buy a car online easily or reliably. software to let car buyers shop for a Ford or Lincoln car and secure a loan online through its dealers’ websites. in August to simplify the process of finding a vehicle and getting an auto loan online.

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MARCH 22, 2020

As the fast-spreading coronavirus changes daily life and affects every industry sector, businesses are finding new ways to stay afloat and keep customers fed and entertained. The industry group asked governors to consider using emergency powers to green-light online casinos.

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JULY 8, 2020

Bloomberg also reported that page views for Zillow’s suburban listings outside of formerly hot urban areas like New York City and San Jose, Calif., There’s [also] a lot of demand for rental homes that we’re seeing because people are fleeing especially hot spots like New York.”. rose as much as 10.5 For example, the U.S.

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The surge of applicants has forced some states to hire more staff, expand calling hours and ease the filing process, the news service reported. One of the solutions some states, such as New Hampshire and New York, have adopted is to have applicants apply on specific days of the week based on their name.

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MARCH 17, 2020

has hiked the normal commercial property tax rate on vacant property from between $1.65 On March 3, San Francisco voters approved Proposition D , a property tax aimed at filling vacancies. Backers of the tax position it as a solution to the increasing amount of empty retail space in the city. and San Francisco. Starting Jan.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

African unicorn Jumia , the first technology startup in Africa to list on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is focused on becoming profitable after a troubling 2019, according to a Reuters report on Wednesday (Jan. The firm’s online payment channel — JumiaPay — is pivotal in its expansion plans, according to Hodara.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

The news comes as a new Indian equalization measure came into existence in 2020 that puts a 2 percent tax on every digital transaction that foreign online shopping firms conduct. Its members include The New York Times and National Geographic , among others. DCN, a trade organization, serves media brands.

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JUNE 29, 2020

Wealthfront , the online investment service firm, has added checking features to its app. With the Wealthfront mobile app, customers with direct deposit can get paid up to two days early, as well as set up direct deposit for other payments like a tax refund or company expenses.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

7) that adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) will grow 10 percent to 15 percent this year, according to Bloomberg. in New York. Expedia acquired HomeAway in 2015, and has spent the last three years improving the site’s technology, and increasing its online offerings.

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From AICPA news and updates to relevant links from around the web, the AICPA Twitter feed is an essential source of information for accounting professionals. 5) @AccountingWEB - AccountingWEB, an online news magazine and outlet, is another go-to source for accounting professionals looking to stay abreast of what’s going on in their industry.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

and in Long Island City, a neighborhood in Queens, New York City. Redfin also said that “online views of homes currently for sale in Crystal City and Long Island City on Redfin.com have skyrocketed. In New York City, Amazon’s $1.2 Nothing Amazon does exists in a vacuum, of course, and that applies to real estate.

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“The point is this: There’s a lot of these surveys, and when you read them, they are New York City, San Francisco, Chicago. Retail and multi-family CRE opportunities Similarly, retail CRE has been painted as too risky because of online sellers’ growth. They’re not your hometown. The impact is not consistent.”

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Amazon and the city of New York managed to pull off one of history’s more spectacular break-ups this week, with the Valentine’s Day announcement that the city and the nation’s largest eCommerce firm would not be joining forces to build half of Amazon’s HQ2 in Long Island City. As noted by Kathryn S. How can anyone be surprised?”

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Included in the exposed data are bank account numbers, statements, tax and mortgage records, receipts for wire transfers, personal social security numbers and pictures of drivers’ licenses. For its part, First American has been trying to downplay how bad the exposure has been, calling the breach a “ design defect ” of its online site.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Included in the exposed data are bank account numbers, statements, tax and mortgage records, receipts for wire transfers, personal social security numbers and pictures of drivers’ licenses. For its part, First American has been trying to downplay how bad the exposure has been, calling the breach a “ design defect ” of its online site.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

In another signal of how this new world of sports betting might develop, the NBA wants to charge royalties on each bet that gamblers place on its games, along with having veto power over “certain kinds of betting,” according to The New York Times. The new venture will have exclusive access to all U.S. GVC Joint Venture.

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MARCH 23, 2020

And in a scattering of cases, those with rather large wallets may be seeking temporary new digs beyond urban areas, to skirt crowds and microbes. The New York Times reported last week that at least some New Yorkers may be fleeing the city for the Hamptons. The Bigger Picture. Looking Toward The Other Side.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

According to an article in The New York Times on Sunday (Jan. Yet the government continues to expand use cases for the Aadhaar, such as in filing tax returns; and oftentimes online merchants have demanded the ID be in place, Khera said. Is India’s push for biometric IDs a bust?

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JULY 27, 2016

Well, at least one company, Germany’s Lufthansa , has begun “quietly” making some of its flights available on the online room-renting marketplace, according to Fortune. A round-trip flight from New York to Frankfurt, Germany, can currently be purchased for about $885. Now, you can buy plane tickets on Airbnb.

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MAY 4, 2016

It was only the explosion of online retail and the widening availability of brand-damaging imitations that spurred action. Could it be a situation of particular irony that something similar might be happening to Western online merchants? percent tax. The storm clouds of protectionist trade policy are mounting.

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MAY 11, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, Drew Uher, CEO of HomeLight , an online real estate platform that brings consumers and real estate agents together, said the traditional homebuying process is poised for disruption. As for paperwork, Uher said that the industry is likely to move, increasingly, toward remote, online notarization.

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JULY 6, 2020

Some coverage of the lackluster mall performance reawakened calls for reuse options for malls that have lost anchor tenants, and a New York Times report examined potential social ramifications as department stores leave many malls with gaping dark holes where stores used to be.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Government disbursements can range from child support payments and annual tax returns to pension and retirement fund payouts. The IRS has accepted digitally filed tax documents and issued digital refunds for years, and it received approximately 29 million electronic returns via direct deposit between February 2018 and February 2019.

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JUNE 11, 2018

“I’m kind of like a small business owner, but Uber takes a 30 percent cut,” said one New York Uber driver in an interview with The Guardian. Fifty-three percent of SMBs said employee health insurance costs are top-of-mind , closely followed by tax reform, according to SmartBiz Loans’ latest survey.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Growth of FinTech funding seems unstoppable, with the latest analysis from Hampleton Partners finding enterprise financial services and integration, online financial services, enterprise financial software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) risk management as some of the hottest spots for investors this year.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

In early September 2019, reports emerged that Amazon was testing hand recognition-based payments at Whole Foods locations using its New York employees and some custom-fitted vending machines as an initial experiment. There were also New York Post reports that the technology might make an appearance at Whole Food checkouts this year.

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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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DECEMBER 13, 2019

The clock is ticking — holiday shipping deadlines are approaching and the last of the holiday shopping procrastinators are either rushing to order online or resigning themselves to a last-minute trip to a crowded mall or shopping center to tough it out in line with all the other procrastinators.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

The sale and delivery of fresh food — whether in person or via online and mobile channels — is going through some noteworthy change of late. Jet.com said in late November that it will close its fresh-food delivery business only a year after bringing the service to New York City.

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