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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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Auto-Tracking Road Warrior Employees As The Wheels Go ‘Round

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In Illinois, and a handful of other states, changes in how employees are reimbursed for business-related expenses herald changes on a broader scale, and in how firms use technology to make sure that expenses are being recorded accurately. Miles To Go For Mileage Reimbursement.

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State And Local Governments Wrestle With Faster Payments

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Legacy technology issues abound these days, but for sheer scale (and a good giggle) always look to the government. Technology saved taxpayers big money there. But as the report details, state and local governments have a growing awareness and understanding of disbursements technology that offers speed and accuracy.

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Why State And Local Governments Struggle To Shred The Paper Check

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Fifty-one percent of United States consumers stated in the most recent PYMNTS Disbursements Satisfaction Report that they would prefer to receive tax refunds, child support payments and other government payments through instant payout methods. The state of Illinois is still considering digital disbursements, though innovation remains slow.

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SMBs Struggle Amid MyPayrollHR Fraud Inquiry

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Now, small business owners are struggling to make up thousands of dollars in tax payments that vanished or are in limbo , Chicago’s Daily Herald reported Tuesday (Oct. Pro/Data Workforce Solutions, based in Gurnee, Illinois, notified its clients in September that it would stop handling payroll services as of Oct. 28 and Sept.

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Amazon’s Billion-Dollar Marketplace Milestone

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Amazon Business — which first launched on April 28, 2015 — offers those organizations some of the same shopping benefits that it does individual consumers, such as two-day free shipping on orders of $49 or more, as well as additional features, notes Reuters, like exclusive pricing, discounts for buying in bulk and tax exemptions.

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Amazon (And Others) Brace For India’s New eCommerce Tax

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The jousting over eCommerce taxes — especially for U.S. Last week in India, the government proposed a tax on eCommerce transactions that will likely increase operating costs for sellers large and small. The tax, technically known as “Tax Deducted at Source” (TDS), is sent directly to an account held by the central government.

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