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How Merchants Navigate Tax Collection Complexity With Technology  

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eCommerce firms are navigating a tax collection environment that increasingly requires technology and automation to ensure compliance. 2018: The year of the Supreme Court decision in the South Dakota vs. Wayfair case. All this, Today in Data. 659B : Estimated potential value of U.S. eCommerce sales in 2020.

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SMB Tax Complexity Preserves Role For The Human Accountant

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Anxieties that automation will replace humans have waned in the accounting sector, as industry players begin to realize that technology can actually help accountants play a more important role for their small business (SMB) customers as advisors and guides, rather than replacing their roles outright. Tackling Tax.

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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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Top News In Payments: The Fed Takes A Closer Look At Big Tech; Goldman CEO Denies Apple Card Credit Bias Claims

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President Barack Obama is warning about the potential negative impact that technology can have on society. President Barack Obama is warning about the potential negative impact technology can have on society. South Dakota Decision. Lawyer George Isaacson argued Wayfair’s side in the landmark 2018 South Dakota v.

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Deep Dive: The Unfolding Legacy Of South Dakota v. Wayfair

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Governments rely on tax revenues to fuel the vital services they provide to residents and businesses – from firefighting and public education to water system repair and road maintenance. Retail sales taxes have long been key sources of state governments’ budgets and have been their greatest single stream of revenue since the mid-1900s. .

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Wells Fargo’s Q2 Disappoints After Scandals

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The current quarter included a 10-cent per share income tax expense. . Second-quarter net income was impacted by a $481 million one-time expense resulting from a key Supreme Court decision related to online sales, South Dakota v. Wayfair, which impacted how states may collect taxes on sales made by out-of-state sellers. .

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The (Un)Certainty Of eCommerce Sales Taxes

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The only certainties in life, the saying goes, are death and taxes. We’ll underscore the certainty of the latter — taxes — for eCommerce firms and sales taxes , especially. Although taxes may be certain — just how much tax is due, and where, and perhaps even when, are all variables that are far from certain.

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