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Bitcoin Daily: New Zealand Might Change Crypto Tax Rules; Singapore Rules Against eCurrency Operator; ConsenSys To Use Crypto In Healthcare Projects

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New Zealand is considering changes to its treatment of cryptocurrencies, including dropping a tax on goods and services that many people are unhappy with, according to CoinDesk. The goods and services tax (GST) is unpopular with some. That means a “double tax” could later be applied with income tax, after the coin has changed hands.

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Colorado’s Marijuana Industry Tops $6B

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The Colorado Department of Revenue has revealed that the state’s regulated marijuana industry sales have topped $6 billion since sales began in 2014. In addition, taxes generated by the industry grew by nearly 8 percent last year. To date, marijuana tax, license and fee revenue totals for Colorado are over $927 million.

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How Pilot Is Innovating Corporate Taxes For Millennial-Run Businesses

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Tax season frustrations can blossom into real financial problems, especially when refunds are paper checks sent through postal mail. Recent research finds that 67 percent of millennial business owners operate independent companies rather than franchises. Proper tax education is critical to any business’s future, Daher said.

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Aussie Tax Reg: Cash-Only SMBs Dodging Taxes

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The Australian government is preparing a strategy to combat tax dodging among small businesses amounting to an estimated $11 billion in missing tax payments, News.com.au billion small business “tax gap” — the difference between income tax collected and what small businesses actually owed. reported Monday (Aug.

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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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Will eSports And Other Online Businesses Spike Digital Taxes?

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Historians and economists regularly look to tax policies to get a sense of what happened within a particular industry, society or country. No doubt the chronicles to come about the rise of the internet age and the spread of digital culture will include serious treatment of tax issues. Taxing Confusion. billion in 2022.”.

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ACI Worldwide Powers Fleet Tax Payments

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Electronic payments company ACI Worldwide is integrating its technologies with SPAN Enterprises , a tax filing technology provider, to power tax payments for the fleet industry. ” Other payment service providers have targeted the fleet industry in recent months, too. .” A press release issued Thursday (Aug.

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