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Highlights From Federal Bank Regulators’ Joint Statement on Cryptocurrency Assets

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Recognizing that regulated and non-regulated financial institutions seek to engage in cryptocurrency and crypto asset activities, the three largest federal bank regulators, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, recently issued a joint statement on crypto assets.

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

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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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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: EU Watchdogs Make ‘Big Tech Hit List’; France To Go Ahead With Digital Services Tax Plan

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Regulation. Keijzer serves as the state secretary for economic affairs and climate policy for the Netherlands, while O is the secretary of digital transition and electronic communications for France. The new regulations would also reshape the manner in which these companies collect and harness information.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Hints At EU Pullout Over Data Transfers Laws; Appeal Filed Over Apple’s $15B Tax Bill On Ireland Operations; In-App Billing Battle Rages On

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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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Report: The Risky Business Of Navigating Online Sales Tax For Merchants

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Merchants working to expand and sell online in more markets must comply with each market’s local sales tax regulations, however, and that is an increasingly complicated task. Levy laws can vary widely between states, with one state taxing a product that another does not, for example. Around The Next-Gen Sales Tax World.

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How Online Sales Tax Impacts Different eCommerce Models

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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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Navigating The ‘Hot Mess’ Of Online Food Delivery Sales Tax

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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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