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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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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. Margrethe Vestager, executive vice president of the European Commission for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age , last week appealed that ruling and wants the tax bill paid.

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Remote Seller Taxation: A Job For Tax Automation

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

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Merchants aiming to sell nationwide must pay attention to how their goods are treated by each state’s tax code. Items considered as exempt medical necessities in some states may be taxed at high rates in others, and businesses cannot afford to be caught by surprise. Around The Next-Gen Sales Tax Wor ld.

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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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FTC Shuts Down Debt Collector as Part of “Operation Corrupt Collector”

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A Georgia federal district court has entered a temporary restraining order against a Georgia-based debt collection operation in response to a complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission. In addition to the FTC’s actions, Operation Corrupt Collector includes two cases filed by the CFPB, three criminal cases brought by the U.S.

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Kellogg Company announced splitting into 3 companies by the end of next year

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Kellogg Company (NYSE: K), maker of the popular Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies and Eggo, announced that it would split its operations into three new companies, respectively focused on cereal, snacks, and plant-based foods. By Zoran Temelkov June 2022. The company expects its spinoff to be completed by the end of the next year. Kellogg Co.

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DoorDash And Uber Fee Hikes Will Test Business Model – And Restaurants’ Patience

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Apply the local sales tax and the new total is $48.07. will go to taxes, $8.29 Even as the new California benefits and the fees to cover them roll out, gig economy companies are facing scrutiny in other states that are mulling adopting similar workers’ rights rules, including Illinois, Massachusetts and New York. Of that $65.36