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As The Online Tax Man Cometh, Will Smaller Retailers Embrace Marketplaces?

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As commerce has, increasingly, moved into the digital realm, and even the smallest merchants have gone omnichannel, tax policy has evolved as well — although perhaps it may be more apt to say tax policy has scrambled to keep up. Thus far, a bit more than a year after the ruling, tax policy remains fragmented.

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The CB Insights Book of RFTs

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A global tax consultancy wants to use synthetic data to train machine-learning algorithms for auditing transactions. And many more, spanning financial services, healthcare / life sciences, industrials, insurance, professional services, retail / consumer, and TMT. FREE DOWNLOAD: BOOK OF RFTS. First name. Company Name.

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SMB Tax Complexity Preserves Role For The Human Accountant

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With the first tax season post-tax reform nearing completion in the U.S., Ongoing regulatory changes and persistent uncertainty mean that that importance will continue even outside of tax season, with challenges that even the most automated of accounting software solutions cannot always tackle. Tackling Tax.

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Albania Rolling Out E-Invoicing System To Ensure Tax Compliance

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Albania has announced it will implement a new online billing system to prevent businesses from circumventing tax payments and to boost revenue in the country, according to a report by Reuters. The minister said that 1,600 hotels on a booking site were not registered with the proper tax authorities.

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How Do Customers — And Retailers — React To Tax Returns?

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For all the johnny-come-latelies who spend the hours before midnight on April 17 scrambling to submit their tax forms, there are millions more Americans who are sitting pretty with their tax refunds already in hand. It’s a peculiar part of tax season. While a National Retail Federation survey found that 65.5

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Where The Tax Man Will Knock Louder Post-Wayfair — And Sooner

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The tax man looms across state and international borders, searching for digitally derived dollars due — scanning sites, platforms and even pop-up stores. For retailers and other firms, there’s the persistent lure of broadened reach into new markets. That means they must navigate tax collection nuances. Wayfair, Inc. ,

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How Smarter Payment Tools Make Filing Taxes Less Taxing

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Filing taxes is hardly a walk in the park. Fortunately, online tax filing solutions have helped cut through the mounds of paperwork that go into preparation and filing — and consumers seem to be rejoicing. The average federal tax refund is $2,960 — $3,091 for direct deposit filers — as of March 2018.

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