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MARCH 19, 2020

Google’s workforce in Europe will soon have representation by European Works Councils (EWCs) after 153 employees from 11 offices advocated for one, according to a Bloomberg report on Thursday (March 19). Google is now starting the process and will meet with employees about its breadth, the sources said.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Treasury official said a French tax plan targeting American digital companies is discriminatory against American businesses. Treasury’s top international tax official, called the taxes “ill-conceived,” and said the better option was to go after tax reform internationally at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ).

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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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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Italian competition regulators are probing the Alphabet-owned search and tech giant amid allegations Google has abused its power atop the country’s display ad market, Reuters reported Wednesday (Oct. The probe in Italy comes as Google also faces anti-trust investigations around the world on part of regulators in the U.S.,

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 31, 2016

Maybe tax season has mobile users worrying about their credit history, or contemplating borrowing some cash? Tax worries seem to already be a thing of the past. Google Wallet rose to seventh place on Android, while IRS2Go dropped Read More.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

According to a report in CNBC , citing the report published by the ACCC, the government watchdog listed a series of remedies, which include creating a government agency that would be tasked with regulating how the likes of Facebook and Google publish news on their platforms.

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MARCH 21, 2018

The European Commission is gearing up to propose new rules later Wednesday (March 21) that would require digital companies to pay more taxes — and the rules could include U.S. technology companies Google and Facebook. The news service noted it’s not a slam dunk that the new tax requirement will be approved.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Advertisers in Europe are taking a hit as Apple and Amazon join Google in passing along the cost of new taxes aimed at Big Tech by the United Kingdom and other European governments. percent as it tries to offset that country’s digital tax hike. Meanwhile, Google is slapping a 2 percent fee on ads in the U.K.

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JUNE 29, 2018

Google is getting into the grocery delivery market, with NBC News reporting that it is testing a same-day delivery service that will bring food and other online orders to consumers’ doorsteps. If the test is successful, Google told NBC News it could expand into other markets. “We

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MARCH 15, 2018

New rules loom in the European Union for tech giants like Apple , Amazon and Google, Reuters reported. The European Commission is at work on a new proposal that aims to shape how online platforms — spanning eCommerce and mobile apps — rank search results.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Former Google leader Alessandra Domizi will take the digital helm of Italian shoe and leather company Tod’s on Oct. Domizi, previously fashion and retail lead at Google, will develop Tod’s digital communication and online sales, a key component of the brand’s new “Factory” business model. 14, Reuters reported Friday (Sept.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

A massive malware campaign infiltrated Google Play last week, sending fraudulent text messages and charging up to 21 million people for fake services. It used a “packing” technique to compress code with encryption to evade Google’s security filters. Google agreed in Dec. Google agreed in Dec. ExpensiveWall.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Millions of people share creative content or advertise their small business’ goods online,” the British government said in a press release. Canada Looks to Tax International Tech Firms. Canada is proposing a new digital levy on international tech companies like Google , Amazon , Facebook and Netflix.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 3, 2016

With tax season upon our furrowed brows, a cursory view of this list may lead one to think everyone is doing taxes on his phone. The Internal Revenue Service’s own IRS2Go and Intuit, Inc.’s ’s TurboTax apps both joined the ranks of the Top Ten for iOS users, pushing out GEICO Mobile and Read More.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

This newest round of regulatory focus involves Amazon and Google and comes as rules crafted by the European Union continue to have an increasing impact on digital economies and endeavors throughout the world. Google Fine. Speaking of Google …. Amazon Probe. Let’s start with Amazon. 20) from Reuters. European Tone.

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MARCH 19, 2018

Tax season, indeed. The regulatory landscape was dotted with news out of Europe centered on the way that tech firms do business — and how they’re taxed. As for taxes , tech behemoths under scrutiny across a separate proposal might face taxation on digital activities of as much as 3 percent of turnover.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Instagram is a place for people to treat themselves with inspiration, not a place to tax themselves with errands. And speaking of well-known companies, this week saw another big eCommerce/payments announcement, with the news that Google Pay is coming to eBay. eBay Drafts Google Pay.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 19, 2017

It turns out taxes were popular this week. While Credit Karma (still) remained the top finance app for both the iOS and Google Play charts today, the TurboTax Tax Return app is not far behind. The TurboTax app is currently ranked second on the Google Play charts and third for Read More.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The new rules could affect major players including Facebook , Microsoft , Google and Amazon. In France , the country's Finance Ministry has told tech companies a new Digital Services Tax is due. The tax is a 3 percent levy affecting companies with revenues of over 25 million euros in France and 750 million euros worldwide.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

MEPs will be sending invitations directly to the four biggest tech platforms — Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple — for a virtual hearing about tax and competition policy, the sources told FT. The DSA would mandate transparency regarding how algorithms are used to target online advertising.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

On Friday, the House Judiciary Committee, investigating antitrust issues tied to marquee names such as Facebook, Google and others, delivered letters asking for communications and documents that may shed light on the reasons and processes surrounding changes in the competitive landscape, including various mergers and acquisitions.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Facebook first let American and Canadian users move their videos and pictures to Google Photos in April. The news comes as a new Indian equalization measure came into existence in 2020 that puts a 2 percent tax on every digital transaction that foreign online shopping firms conduct.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Privacy Advocates Fear Google Will Mine Fitbit’s Health Data. Google’s $2.1 They fear Google will tap Fitbit’s data to roll out a healthcare service. Isaacson has watched remote sales tax policies unfold since that time in a flurry of new laws that differ by state, and even municipality.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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JULY 29, 2020

and a can-do spirit), a country that rewards ambition and innovation — and where individual success stories of, say Google and Amazon customers are folded into the testimony in efforts to show how tech can help smaller firms pivot and embrace the great digital shift. Experiments — And Trust .

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JANUARY 9, 2019

8), Financial Times reported that the country’s Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information said Facebook violated Vietnamese law in how it managed online content, advertising and taxes. Citing a briefing in Hanoi, Vietnam on Tuesday (Jan.

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

China has the largest number of internet users in the world, with over 800 million people online, but the country also has strict censorship policies. And last year, Tencent saw declines in share prices when regulators began exercising more oversight on online games, concerned that young people were spending too much time on them.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 31, 2022

Then there are vendor contracts, employment agreements, statements of work, loan documents, financial statements, tax returns, deposit account documents, policies, and an array of similar applications. Pulling data off a tax return has a low error rate while pulling data off an attorney-prepared loan document is more challenging.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

In 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi put forth a policy that took the largest banknotes in circulation out of the system (500 rupee and 1,000 rupee bills), a move intended to reduce tax evasion and corruption. One of the most recent developments underscoring that point came from Google. Online Retail Growth.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

As has been widely reported, there are a few inquiries ongoing into how Apple’s online app store works with – or doesn’t – other tech firms that offer competing products and services. And in another statement, he seemed to nod toward the controversies surrounding companies like Facebook and Google.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

As has been widely reported, there are a few inquiries ongoing into how Apple’s online app store works with – or doesn’t – other tech firms that offer competing products and services. And in another statement, he seemed to nod toward the controversies surrounding companies like Facebook and Google.

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BankUnderground

JUNE 29, 2022

In a recent paper , we introduce a new quasi-real time estimation of business opening and closure rates using data from Google Places – the dataset behind the Google Maps service. Crane et al investigate the value of using Google searches, paycheck issuance, and phone-tracking data.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

Filings with the Registrar of Companies indicated that the online giant invested roughly $480 million (?3,400 Amazon Pay India – which competes with Paytm, Flipkart’s PhonePe and Google Pay – saw losses grow to $164 million (?1,160.8 Among them is the recent increase in Japan’s consumption tax, from 8 percent to 10 percent.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Facing a growing budget deficit and the cries from local businesses about fairness, the Canadian government is proposing a new digital tax on foreign web giants such as Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and Google. The digital tax is part of a broader five-year, $3.4 billion levy that was unveiled in parliament Monday (Nov.

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FICO

MARCH 29, 2020

Social engineering and attempts to get you to disclose personal information that will facilitate financial fraud are rampant and even include creative attempts at COVID-19 tax refund schemes. If you are buying goods online, be careful of the seller’s legitimacy. When in doubt, Google the seller’s name + the word “scam”.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

million fewer jobs would be created, and the government would collect $6 billion less in taxes. Many of those businesses are in the midst of coming online, as part of a Google-led initiative struck two years ago. In tandem, more than 1.1 and a Bit of Nationalism.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Benjamin Franklin wrote in 1789 that the only certainty in life was death and taxes. They don’t have to sit at home and write checks to pay the bills — they can use online or mobile bill pay to get the job done. Buy buttons on websites save consumers time at checkout and improve online merchant conversions. Maybe even spendable.

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