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Overstock To Pay Some Ohio Business Taxes With Bitcoin

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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. state to offer this way of paying for business taxes, noted Overstock in the press release. “We Overstock , the online retailer and blockchain company, announced Thursday (Jan.

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Is Sales Tax An Anchor On Amazon?

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One of the more long-grumbled complaints in retail is that Amazon and other eCommerce players are able to exploit a loophole that allowed them to mostly avoid charging sales tax. Would collecting sales tax 100 percent of the time take a bit out of Amazon’s bottom line? Recent data suggests — probably not.

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Cannabis firms are cut off from the US financial system, but relief is in sight

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US Senate is eyeing a bill that would allow banks to do business with cannabis companies – now, if only they would vote on it Imagine that you run a perfectly legal business but are unable to open a simple checking account at a national bank. Believe it or not, that’s the case right now for anyone licensed to sell cannabis in the US.

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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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Startup Roundup: A Look At Local, National And Global Expansions

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As startups such as DadeSystems , FitPay and Jewel Paymentech expand across devices and functions, Tipalti , AvidXchange and Emailage announce new growth for their local, national and global footprints. Those that felt ready had invested in knowledge of local markets and tax codes, new tech and/or new vendors. Chargehound.

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Changes To Business Lending Underway At India’s PSU Banks

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Cash-flow-based lending relies on the inflows (sales and capital) and outflows (payroll and taxes). . In 2014, that figure had improved to about 53 percent. It was at that point that the nation instituted the first of what would be many efforts in building a national digital financial infrastructure.

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South Africa Government Losing Billions To Trade Mis-Invoicing

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billion every year in what would have been government revenue between 2010 and 2014. A company may overstate the value of goods they import, paying that invoice to move excess funds overseas or avoid VAT or customs taxes. The think tank estimates that annual under-invoicing on imports to South Africa is valued at $16.3 billion.

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