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Tax Compliance Complicates Software Subscription Business

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Tax compliance has never been a simple issue for businesses. There are changing federal, state and local codes — and, of course, there are changes brought on by digital business models. Enter Software as a Service (SaaS), and even tax codes have been playing catch-up with the subscription business. Here in the U.S.,

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Deutsche Bank Report Eyes WFH Tax To Boost Economy

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A tax for working at home? Before the pandemic, the number of work-from-homers shot up 173 percent in the United States between 2005 and 2018, the report notes. For years we have needed a tax on remote workers — covid has just made it obvious,” Templeman writes. And how much of a tax are we talking about?

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France’s ‘Digital Tax’ On Tech Firms Passes

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Even with the United States announcing it would look into a proposed “digital tax” in France, the country is moving forward with the measure. The country’s Senate has approved the tax despite the threat of an investigation from the United States, according to 9 to 5 Mac.

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France Moving Forward With Big Tech Taxes

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Despite President Donald Trump’s recent threats, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said that his country is moving forward with taxing big tech firms. His comments came after Trump threatened to tax French wines in retaliation for its plan for a digital services tax, which he says unfairly targets U.S.

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Nations Move Toward Imposing ‘Digital Taxes’ On Big Tech

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Governments around the world are setting their sights on putting a variety of digital taxes on Big Tech giants. France has long been angling to levy digital taxes, although such moves have become a bone of contention with the United States and have faced significant delays. billion of French goods. Indonesia .

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France Tax Authorities Demand Data From Airbnb

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Airbnb is facing a deadline to send data to French tax authorities over a law that compels marketplaces to provide revenue and other company information to the country, according to a report by Bloomberg. The French market is worth $2 billion for the company, and is Airbnb’s second-largest market outside of the United States.

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Italy Will Tax Big Tech

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Italy has announced that it’s going to follow in France’s footsteps and tax big tech companies, a move that threatens to further complicate relations with the United States over the issue, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. France recently announced a similar move, and the new Italy tax will take effect on Jan.

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