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JANUARY 6, 2020

As 2020 dawns, regulators are continuing to focus on taxes and possible anti-competitive behavior on the part of tech’s marquee names. That mandate would impact firms such as Apple and Samsung , among others. One continuing theme that will play out into the new year (and well beyond): taxes.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Analysts and the media smelled blood in the water after CEO Tim Cook said Apple would stop reporting unit sales of its products, including its crown jewel, the iPhone, next quarter. For Apple, it was consumers not buying iPhones at the frequency they once did. So, how’s Apple going to make that up?

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

France, which had vowed to start taxing Google , Apple , Facebook , and Amazon in December if the European Union failed to agree on a digital tax, now says the tax will be implemented on January 1. If the European states do not take their responsibilities on taxing the GAFA, we will do it at a national level in 2019.”.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

Will Big Tech face bigger tax bills on an international stage? Beyond the debates on data privacy and compliance, marquee names in technology face greater scrutiny from various governments, and perhaps bigger tax bills, too. As reported, the tax imposed could be as much as 20 percent on social media and search ads.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In today’s top news, Alibaba has made almost $3 billion in loans available for companies hurt by the coronavirus, and Japan’s recent sales tax triggers fears of a recession. Japanese Sales Tax Triggers 6 Pct Economic Contraction. Apple Says Coronavirus Will Ding Future Revenue. Alibaba has made 20 billion yuan ($2.86

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

German Finance Minister: More Than 130 Nations Agree to Corporate Tax Framework. The primary aim of any deal would be to make sure that Big Tech firms like Facebook , Google and Amazon were forced to pay their fair share when it comes to tax, according to Scholz. German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said Friday (Oct.

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OCTOBER 11, 2019

But along the way, global digital sales also carry a host of regulatory hurdles when it comes to satisfying various tax regimes. When [eCommerce companies] can’t get through the language barrier, the outcome is large-scale tax evasion, whether through ignorance, or whether through deliberate actions across the world.”.

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MARCH 3, 2020

In today’s top news, Apple manufacturer and supplier Foxconn has returned to production, the Department of Justice charged two Chinese nationals with laundering over $100 million in cryptocurrency, and TurboTax’s deal to buy Credit Karma has sparked antitrust concerns. Apple Parts Maker Foxconn Back To Work In China.

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JUNE 13, 2016

Stockholm is the largest city in the small country of Sweden that’s famous for a few other things, too: charming and beautiful people, long dark winters, short but amazing summers, generous government and social benefits, and having one of the most progressive tax systems in the world. times the average Swedish income. Now you know.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

After Halloween comes the lucrative holiday shopping season — sorry, Thanksgiving, but you’re only a speed bump — but there are serious questions about how happy the fourth quarter will be for some big eCommerce operators. Apple Woes. Apple , too, is facing a slowdown as the year nears its end. retail websites. billion and $2.89

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MARCH 15, 2018

New rules loom in the European Union for tech giants like Apple , Amazon and Google, Reuters reported. As has been noted, tech companies have become more highly regulated in Europe, as regulators focus on user data, tax payments and other business processes.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

We suspect that the team at Apple this year is hoping for the latter but worrying a lot about the former. But temperate climates aside — after almost a decade of nearly bulletproof results, Apple has had a taste of the dog days of summer. Seems like the hardware-first/everything else-second lessons of Apple Pay remain unlearned.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Apple and Alphabet, the parent of Google, are reportedly getting asked by Taiwan to pull the apps of Uber Technologies from their app stores. Taiwan claims Uber misrepresents its service because it claims it operates as an internet-based technology platform instead of a transportation company.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

A certain amount of intellectual satisfaction — irony, perhaps — came from the conference call Wednesday (July 31) for Apple ’s latest earnings report. In it, CEO Tim Cook credited much of Apple Pay’s recent growth to its increasing use in mass transit. Visit a major U.S. OK, that might be an exaggeration. Contactless Reality.

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MAY 9, 2016

But that’s exactly what’s happened to Apple over the last 12 months. Apple has subtracted $234 billion from its market cap – about $20 billion more than Walmart is worth. . With a market cap today of $502 billion, Apple’s clearly no slouch either. Mostly because the Apple story over the last year isn’t all that great. .

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

European Union watchdogs intend to gear new regulations aimed at fighting election-related disinformation toward Big Tech firms such as Apple and Facebook as opposed to smaller tech players. EU Undecided Whether To Appeal Ruling Upholding Apple’s Irish Tax Breaks . million) in annual operating income in Spain.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Earlier this week, Japan ’s cabinet proposed a bill that seeks to, as reported by the country’s national daily, The Mainichi , “improve contract transparency” for deals struck by Big Tech firms — specifically, platform operators — and their smaller vendors. That’s due in part to a sales tax boost that now has been hurting consumer spending.

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MAY 27, 2016

The retailer gets a new market, and the authorities get a new and often massive stream of tax revenue, not to mention a modest bump in employment. Now, Apple is finding out that India is pushing for a new status quo in cross-border commerce. Apple and its legion of iPhones in waiting or an entire government? ” Cook said.

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Abrigo

MAY 11, 2021

Not only has the pandemic impacted businesses by shortening operating hours or closing businesses altogether, but it has introduced stimulus money that those same businesses have come to rely on as part of their cash flow, creating new challenges to testing the creditworthiness of prospective borrowers. 20/30/50 split over three years).

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MAY 1, 2017

When Apple comes out with earnings later this week, it is widely expected to report that its cash on hand has met and exceeded the quarter of a trillion dollars mark. Apple, if its free cash meets expectations, will have roughly doubled its holding in a little over 4.5 Apple’s a cash box right now.”. and Canada combined.

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

Among those firms invited to join will be Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook and others. Taxes Too, of Course. This past week saw a continued debate, too, over digital taxes. This past week saw a continued debate, too, over digital taxes. The panel was created by the internal affairs ministry. As reported by CNN.com, U.K.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

Plus, Amazon has put some hiring on hold for its Alexa operation. Amazon has put some hiring on hold in its Alexa operation amid the pandemic. Publishers’ Letter Spotlights ‘Apple Tax’ – and Digital News Delivery. Report: $50B in Cryptocurrency Moved Out of China. Report: Amazon Slows Alexa Staff Hiring to Improve Margin.

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MARCH 2, 2021

Both operations and IT leadership should incorporate all of these dimensions into their cloud migration evaluation efforts.

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MARCH 2, 2020

For game makers operating in China, new licensing requirements are on the horizon, especially for those that rely on iOS. To that end, Apple said last week that it set a deadline of June 30 for app developers to comply with Chinese laws surrounding mobile video games. International Tax Policy.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

states (and the District of Columbia) where marijuana has been legalized for sale in some capacity, it has thrown off a fairly large chunk of tax revenue in the last year. billion in taxes from legal cannabis companies last year, an amount of money that is undoubtedly a sizzle for the federal coffers.

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MARCH 18, 2019

In an interview, Jason Rader, national practice director for security at Insight’s Cloud and Data Transformation operation, said the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) might be a point from which firms can begin preparing for new regulations. Privacy and Competition.

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JULY 17, 2019

The finance chiefs also discussed the issue of international tax rules in regard to huge tech companies like Apple and Google, which operate in low-tax countries regardless of income. “This is not something that can be discussed among G7 central banks alone.”.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

have more leverage than smaller operations in negotiating with importers as well as suppliers to minimize additional tariff costs. In separate news, reports surfaced last month that Apple’s AirPods, Apple Watch and HomePod were not included in a temporary reprieve on tariffs by the Trump administration. 1 per news in August.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

In remarks delivered during the conference call with analysts, CEO Steven Streit said that “all of our revenue and operating divisions are executing their strategic plans beautifully,” with faster than expected growth coming on a consolidated basis. Cash is to be kept in a Green Dot bank-issued Apple Pay cash account.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Seven European payments operators — most of them owned by banks — that own and operate mobile payments services said that they are in the midst of building a pan-European network focused on cross-border mobile payments. Report: The Risky Business Of Navigating Online Sales Tax For Merchants. Trackers and Reports.

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MARCH 15, 2019

billion) fine last year for using its Android operating system to block competitors. Vestager, whose term ends in October , has also gone head-to-head with Apple, when she ordered the company to pay 13 billion euros ($15 billion) in back taxes from Ireland. Apple CEO Tim Cook called the fine “total political crap.”.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Companies operating on a global scale must adhere to applicable Austrian laws and regulations. Google has been hit with a hefty fine in Europe, while Apple owes a big tax bill. The digital world is not a legal vacuum,” Theodor Thanner, the government agency’s head, said in a statement.

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MARCH 19, 2018

I’d say there’s about as much of a correlation between our bad weather and the birth of those cute little twins as there is between Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon’s fortunes getting bigger and middle class wages getting smaller. Galloway’s narrative asserts that “the four” — Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google — should be broken up.

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JULY 17, 2019

Vestager is at the close of her five-year term as competition commissioner, during which she took on tech giants, including Google , which was fined more than 8 billion euros ($9 billion) in three separate antitrust cases; and Apple , which had to pay 13 billion euros ($14.6 billion) in back taxes to the Irish government.

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JANUARY 31, 2019

BASF Global Head Commercial Operations Digital Farming Andre-Georg Girg said in the announcement, “The digital transformation of agriculture has opened up a number of opportunities for us to expand our digital service offering.”. As it stands, the digital-based farming services market is forecasted to top $9.53

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

Even Apple ’s iPhone shipments in India have more than doubled to 900,000 units in Q3 — impressive growth considering it’s a market skewed toward low-end smartphones. Nevertheless, we predict Xiaomi’s continued go-to market innovations will allow it to overtake Samsung within a couple of quarters.”.

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JANUARY 31, 2021

We await the operational details of the scheme now. However, in case of serious tax-evasion cases (Rs. Affordable housing projects to get a tax holiday for one year. In urban areas, 83.7 percent of families paid out of their savings, with 8.5 percent relying on loans. Infrastructure. 50 lakh or more), it can go up to 10 years.

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