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Colorado’s Marijuana Industry Tops $6B

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The Colorado Department of Revenue has revealed that the state’s regulated marijuana industry sales have topped $6 billion since sales began in 2014. In addition, taxes generated by the industry grew by nearly 8 percent last year. Last year, regulated marijuana sales in Colorado were nearly $1.55 billion the previous year.

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FTC Shuts Down Debt Collector as Part of “Operation Corrupt Collector”

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A Georgia federal district court has entered a temporary restraining order against a Georgia-based debt collection operation in response to a complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission. In addition to the FTC’s actions, Operation Corrupt Collector includes two cases filed by the CFPB, three criminal cases brought by the U.S.

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US Supreme Court Gives The Green Light For Online Sales Taxes

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States can collect sales taxes from online retailers thanks to a U.S. The 5-4 decision essentially overturns the court’s 1992 ruling that states can collect sales taxes only from retailers that maintain a physical presence in those states. billion in tax revenue in 2017,” according to the report. Do Sales Taxes Really Matter?

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SaaS sales tax compliance software Anrok hits $100M valuation. Anrok’s competitors include Avalara, DAVO Technologies, TaxCloud, Taxware, and Vertex.

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Anrok , a SaaS sales tax solution, has raised $20M in a Series A. California-based Anrok unifies sales tax monitoring, calculation, and payments processes across the enterprise financial stack. The startup operates in the US and has teams in San Francisco, Texas, Colorado, and Washington, among other locations in the US.

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JD Sports Purchases California-Based Shoe Palace

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Also, the Mersho Brothers, who operate Shoe Palace, have been issued equity in Genesis so that they will have 20 percent ownership of the enlarged group in the U.S. The chain currently has 167 retail locations, most of them operating under the Shoe Palace flag. Shoe Palace provided a $52 million pre-tax profit in the year ending Dec.

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Passage Of SAFE Banking Act Gives Cannabis Businesses Access To Banking

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The bill was sponsored by Congressmen Ed Perlmutter of Colorado, Denny Heck of Washington, Steve Stivers of Ohio and Warren Davidson of Ohio, all members of the House Financial Services Committee. The legislation aims to ensure that state-authorized and regulated cannabis businesses are not forced to operate with cash only.

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Can South Dakota Move The Needle On A Federal Online Sales Tax?

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This is proving particularly true for more and more cash-strapped states that have spent years staring at soaring traffic for online retailers but little — if any — increases in the taxes reaped from this digital, transcontinental economy. Fields, chair of Morrison & Foerster LLP’s state and local tax group, told Bloomberg BNA.