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Remote Seller Taxation: A Job For Tax Automation

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Wayfair Supreme Court decision continue to rattle online merchants, as three states (California, Louisiana and South Carolina) are now trying to collect eCommerce sales tax retroactively, as far back as five years. First, some context, for which we turn to Alaska. Aftershocks from the South Dakota v. Taxation With Representation.

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Deep Dive: How Buy Online, Pickup In Store Helps Retailers Compete Against Delivery Giants

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A significant share of Generation Z consumers — those aged 18 to 25 — are turning to buy online, pick up in store ( BOPIS ) purchasing models to meet their speed needs. The survey also found that 59 percent of respondents turned to BOPIS to get items faster than online shopping can provide. Tractor Supply Co.

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Walmart To Lay Off 1K Employees At Its Headquarters

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We’ve been looking at our structure for some time as we explore ways to operate more effectively,” the company said in an emailed statement. Earlier this month, it suddenly closed 63 Sam’s Club warehouses in several states, including in Arizona, Alaska, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana and New York. Those efforts continue.

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A ‘Diaper’ By Any Other Tax Code: The Complexities Of Selling Across State Tax Laws

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An Illinois bill could aid both by making online marketplaces responsible for tax collection on the third-party sales facilitated through their platforms. Alaska is also trying to simplify tax collection, which can be particularly challenging in a location with no statewide sales tax, but more than 100 local tax codes.

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Bustlingly Busy, Visa’s Vistas Expand

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In the stock market, sometimes sizzlers keep sizzling, especially when online sales are in the offing. In this case, a Brazilian bank was compromised in each and every part of its operations, per Kaspersky Labs. to link their Samsung Pay account with their Visa Checkout account for online shopping. The lesson here?

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The world’s most extreme ATMs

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Wells Fargo operates a pair of NCR ATMs at McMurdo Station near the South Pole. At the other end of the planet, The North West Company operates two ATMs at Arctic Bay on Baffin Island. Wells Fargo operates ATMs in Barrow, Alaska, which has the distinction of being the northernmost city in the USA.

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Fingerprints, Firearms And FedEx 

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According to reports in Business Insider , Amazon is now accepting returns on purchases made online in its some of its Go stores in addition to its book shops where it already accepts returns. Walmart will also discontinue handgun sales in Alaska, the only state where it still sells such weapons.

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