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MTrac Launches Marijuana Payments Platform For Louisiana

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The state of Louisiana has entered legal marijuana territory with medical cannabis access beginning this week. According to MTrac, its payments platform was developed in cooperation with “the main bank in Louisiana” that plans to provide bank account services to the state’s marijuana-related businesses. Global Payout Inc.

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A ‘Diaper’ By Any Other Tax Code: The Complexities Of Selling Across State Tax Laws

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This month’s Next-Gen Sales Tax Tracker examines these compliance complexities and their impact, as well as ongoing efforts to streamline how retailers can fulfill their obligations. Easing tax compliance helps governments and retailers alike. National Retailers On Staying Compliant When Tax Exemptions Are Only Statewid e.

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When One State’s Tax-Exempt Necessity Is Another’s High-Tax Discretionary Purchase

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Louisiana exempts most food purchased outside restaurants, for example, while Missouri exempts clay pigeons and targets used in skeet shooting. NorthShore’s sales tax compliance costs wipe out approximately 1 percent of its sales revenue, Greenberg said. Managing compliance.

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36 State Attorneys General settle with CarMax over non-disclosure of open safety recalls

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CarMax has 180 days to implement these practices, and has agreed to compliance monitoring for a period of five years. CarMax must also present consumers with copies of open recalls and obtain the consumer’s signature on a standalone disclosure document before presenting any other sales paperwork. .

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Community Bank CEO Outlook 2022: Your priorities for the new year

Independent Banker

Fortunately for Red River Bank, loan demand is picking up in Louisiana as cities stabilize from the pandemic and businesses reopen. For example, we don’t do mortgage lending right now, because we don’t have the compliance expertise and staff knowledge,” Silveria says. Planning for increased compliance costs. Click to enlarge.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

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This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. The fizzle wears on. Costco Card.

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Car Insurance for 17-Year-Olds: How Much Will It Cost?

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The national averages are as follows: Males: $5,836 (representing a decline of more than $1,600 from the $7,483 average for 16-year-old male drivers). The insurance premiums listed above are national averages for full car insurance coverage. Premiums range from a low of $1,424 in Hawaii, to a high of $10,921 in Louisiana.