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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. have moved to collect sales tax from remote sellers, and it’s just the beginning. To date 43 states and Washington, D.C.

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The State-By-State Complexities Of Sales Tax Compliance

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Retailers that want to sell merchandise nationwide must pay attention to how each state’s tax code treats their goods. For example, products considered to be exempt medical necessities in some states might be taxed at high rates in others. 100: Minimum number of local tax codes in Alaska.

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From Farce to Menace

Independent Banker

Even as nearly one-third of Americans are already members of a credit union, it seems there’s almost nothing the NCUA still won’t try to further expand the market reach and special tax-exempt privileges of the credit unions it supervises. Talk about your captive regulator! When credit unions say “jump,” the NCUA says, “how high?”.

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Why Regulating P2P Carsharing Won’t Level The Playing Field

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Unfortunately for Turo (the competition), that has meant a push in state after state for regulations supposedly aimed at “leveling the playing field” between P2P carsharing services and regular rental car companies. The problem with most of those regulations is that, in reality, they are aimed at anything but fairness, she explained.

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Heard About The Calexit?

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It’s also wetter and more sparsely populated and has higher taxes, and it’s really expensive to become a Canadian citizen. One can live as an expat — but that often requires filing two tax returns (a Canadian and a U.S.) There is a lot to love about Canada — Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Quebec — all are lovely cities.

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