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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. Russian regulators are seemingly taking aim at larger U.S. tech firms, placing laws on the books that would restrict content offered by those companies. Across the Pond.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

Turkish prosecutors have issued a detention warrant for Turkish businessman Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, who has ties to Utah business executives who recently pleaded guilty to a $511 million tax credit scheme in the U.S., Korkmaz owned SBK Holding , which owned the now-defunct Borajet airline and other companies. Also this month, the U.S.

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

Sales taxes empower governments to maintain critical public services, but they can also make medical essentials too expensive for those who need them. Campaigns against taxing obligatory items are spreading across the United States, forcing states to rethink their revenue generation decisions. Sales taxes’ price tags.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

million to a Virginia company to handle “large cash payments for processing cannabis federal taxes.”. billion in taxes last year on nearly $13 billion in revenue from legal cannabis companies. That means the companies are dealing exclusively in cash, even when paying their taxes.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Amazon and Flipkart are pushing back against a proposed Indian tax on the online eCommerce market, saying it will stymie growth in the industry, according to a report by Reuters. . The tax would be 1 percent on every sale made by a seller on the eCommerce platforms, and it would take effect in April if approved by the country’s parliament.

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APRIL 10, 2019

Expansive supply chains mean organizations must not only address the risks they face directly, but the risks their supplier bases face as well, including compliance with labor, money laundering, Know Your Customer (KYC) and other regulations. To support that addition to the supply chain, though, data integration is essential.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

To assist companies in following Goods and Services Tax (GST) rules in India, Avalara, Inc. The solution comes on top of the technology firm’s array of offerings to bolster the GST compliance experience for companies in the country, according to a Wednesday (Sept. has debuted its Avalara India GST e-Invoicing product.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

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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DECEMBER 10, 2020

Several companies, including Twitter , are urging European Union regulators to “defend the Open Internet.” The companies expressed concern about how harmful and illegal content will be handled in the future. The move comes as the EU is working on a European Democracy Action Plan and the closely watched Digital Services Act.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

Regulation. EU regulators are reportedly creating a “hit list” of approximately 20 firms — Big Tech signature names among them — that will encounter stricter regulations over market competition and other operational activities. OECD’s Tax Reform To Be Presented To G20. EU Watchdogs Create ‘Big Tech Hit List’.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Governments around the world are setting their sights on putting a variety of digital taxes on Big Tech giants. France has long been angling to levy digital taxes, although such moves have become a bone of contention with the United States and have faced significant delays. billion of French goods. billion of French goods. Indonesia .

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Scrutiny of tech firms is spreading across the globe, hinting at broader regulations over privacy and, possibly, bigger tax bills. In one example, Indonesia is “already preparing legislation” that would require tech companies with online services to pay value-added tax on local sales, the report noted. Libra, Too.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

US Trade Representative: India, Italy, Turkey Digital Taxes Discriminates Against US Firms. Trade Representative (USTR) recently released the results of Section 301 probes of digital services taxes (DSTs) that Turkey, Italy and India have adopted, finding that each tax “discriminates against U.S. Billion Of French Products.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Regulation. Tencent Holdings President Martin Lau said further regulations are needed in China to mirror a “new reality.”. Lau’s comments came when the China-based company registered a September quarter that exceeded expectations due to spiking demand for digital games, Nikkei Asia reported. Larry Hogan vetoed the levy.

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MARCH 13, 2020

Tax season frustrations can blossom into real financial problems, especially when refunds are paper checks sent through postal mail. Recent research finds that 67 percent of millennial business owners operate independent companies rather than franchises. Proper tax education is critical to any business’s future, Daher said.

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MARCH 6, 2019

The European Union has announced that it will not move forward with a digital tax plan covering the entire EU, but also said it would look at reforming tax laws for internet companies, according to a report from Reuters. The global tax reform is being prepared by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Since 1992, when eCommerce was still in its infancy, online retailers have not had to collect sales tax. States can now tax sales by companies that do not have a physical presence within the state. Will this increasingly regulated online sales tax environment affect this growth? Online Sales Tax and Marketplaces.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Amid the continuing drumbeat for taxes on global commerce done through digital means, the Czech government has approved a new seven percent digital tax on global Internet firms which will, as Reuters reports , be levied on revenues tied to Czech users across advertising, digital marketplaces and data sales. In Japan, Crypto Scrutiny.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

In commerce, when it comes to taxes, new business models beget new (tax) problems. Against that backdrop, tax collection in the nascent restaurant delivery space remains fragmented at best — and confusing at worst. But in many cases, these firms may not be collecting sales taxes at all. billion received in 2017.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Indonesia has announced it’s going to reduce the threshold for taxing imported eCommerce consumer goods from $75 to $3, to help control the purchases of cheap foreign goods and help protect smaller Indonesian firms, according to a report by Reuters. They’ll be taxed at a rate of 32.5 million last year and 6.1 percent to 37.5

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JANUARY 25, 2021

Amazon Plans to Raise Fees for Companies in Wake of New Digital Tax in Spain . After Spain’s government levied a new digital tax, Amazon plans to increase fees by 3 percent starting in April for Spanish firms harnessing its platform, Reuters reported. Google Makes Deal to Pay Media Companies for Content in France.

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APRIL 16, 2019

tax authorities’ approach to small businesses that fall behind on tax payments. Reports in AltFi said Funding Options argued that the approach by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to late tax payments is “too aggressive,” citing the high number of applications HMRC submitted to shutter small businesses.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Ohio is leading the charge in terms of accepting bitcoin as a payment method, as it is the first state to accept bitcoin to cover tax bills. The state will eventually open it up to individual tax filers as well. Jerry Brito, director of Coin Center, a Washington, D.C.-based

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

UK Regulations to Create New Digital Markets Unit. antitrust regulators are creating a Digital Markets Unit that will be given the duty to enforce rules applicable to Big Tech firms. Regulators also called out the tech company’s warranty terms for not covering water damage. Canada Looks to Tax International Tech Firms.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

businesses are likely already feeling tax season’s pressures. Filing is exhausting and complicated for individuals, and businesses experience those tax difficulties to a far greater degree. SMBs need to remain compliant with increasingly complex financial regulations. SMBs And Manual Tax Frustrations.

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OCTOBER 11, 2019

In the digital age, it’s become easier than ever for companies of all sizes to broaden their reach and sell to new markets. But along the way, global digital sales also carry a host of regulatory hurdles when it comes to satisfying various tax regimes.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

A tax dispute between Intel and the Internal Revenue Service could cost large technology companies billions of dollars, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Since then more than 20 companies have revealed how they think the case could affect them financially. . Facebook disclosed a $1.1 Facebook disclosed a $1.1

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NOVEMBER 18, 2018

A “link tax” might mean the end of Google News in the EU. Richard Gingras, the search engine’s vice-president of news, said while “it’s not desirable to shut down services” the company isn’t happy with Brussels’ current proposal to charge a link tax for using news stories. There’s no advertising in Google News.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Here’s the latest news for Big Tech’s Google , Amazon , Apple and Facebook , which are coming under increasing scrutiny from legislators and regulators the world over. Regulation. Big Tech Updates Fees to Reflect UK Digital Services Tax. For example, the company intends to pass on a new 2 percent U.K. and other countries.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Regulations. SocialMediaToday reported that in early September, an EU “privacy regulator … sent Facebook a preliminary order to suspend data transfers to the U.S. Canadian Lawmakers Want Big Tech to Pay for Content, Taxes . EU Renews Demand for Back Taxes on Apple’s Ireland Ops. billion back-tax bill in Ireland.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

That news follows separate data recently released by the FT that indicates around 1/3 of the savings Airbnb offers over traditional hotels stems from tax advantages deriving from its business model. London is one of many regulatory compliance issues Airbnb is wrestling with.

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

Wayfair case that allowed states and individual cities to launch tax policies aimed at remote sellers and marketplaces is still reverberating in 2019 and will likely affect online retail in 2020. In Q3 2019, 14 states started collected online sales tax and 11 more followed in October. eBay Makes a Deal. Don’t cry for eBay, though.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

It’s not just energy companies that should be forced to pay back windfall gains to taxpayers Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Discussion about a super profits tax has been focused on energy companies, which have enjoyed huge windfall gains thanks to the invasion of Ukraine.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Italy is preparing to tax digital companies to help fund its 2020 budget as it seeks different revenue streams to avoid a scheduled sales tax hike, sources told Reuters on Monday (Oct. International internet companies will reportedly have to pay a 3 percent levy on web-based sales.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Facebook is something in between a newspaper and a telecommunications company, said CEO Mark Zuckerberg , and he wants it to be regulated accordingly, The Wall Street Journal reported. He has recently signaled that he would support Facebook paying higher taxes in Europe.

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

17) that he wants France to start taxing big tech giants beginning Jan. The idea comes after years of negotiations at the European level, where France and other larger European countries have tried and so far failed to convince smaller countries that tech companies have been taking advantage of the region’s tax structure.

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JULY 31, 2019

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. When Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government came into power, it ran a campaign asking companies to register and issue receipts.

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