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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. Retailers have reason to want to tap into it because back-to-school shopping is an incredibly valuable run of commerce activity. How Tax Holidays Work. That spend is big spend.

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Economic Nexus Laws’ Unexpected Impacts On Restricted Substance Retailers

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eCommerce sales tax laws are having unintended consequences in the tobacco industry. These laws were meant to make online sellers face sales tax requirements similar to those for retailers with on-the-ground locations, putting both types of businesses on equal footing. in 2017 had a 52.75

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Guest Post: 2013 Economic Year in Review and Outlook by Banker Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

But in nine short months of 2013, you and the Fed stumbled with mixed signals and miscommunication and the markets pushed the 10 year Treasury yield up by 130 basis points to 3.00%, removing all of the good attained by QE over the years. The National Association of Business Economics, or “NABE,” is almost as optimistic at close to 3%.

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The state of U.S. small businesses

Abrigo

Small retailers continued to improve sales, but their sales increases were flat to slightly lower than in previous years. Separately, ADP’s recent National Employment Report showed positive hiring trends among small companies, too. percent sales growth in 2014). Small Business Administration , there were 28.2 percent of U.S.

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Austin Is Bringing The FinTech Heat

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In Austin the cost of living is relatively affordable and taxes are low, especially compared with other major tech hubs, while also offering resources to budding entrepreneurs and tech industry talent. According to the American City Business Journals , the growth in the number of SMBs based in Austin increased from 2010-2013 by 9.7

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Food Stamps Online: The $75B Grocery Game-Changer?

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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. And that’s just accessing money itself.

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The Cashless Top 10

Tomorrow's Transactions

1, since as far as I know it has the highest proportion of non-cash payments at retail POS anywhere in the world and a well-developed mobile account-to-account infrastructure) and I’d also have Norway somewhere near the top of the list. with the middle classes abandoning the stuff entirely except for tax evasion, drugs and prostitution.

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