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New Orleans Hack Causes Vendor Payment Delays

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New Orleans police and court employees are now able to get into their computer systems, and court operations are anticipated to restart soon. The online system for business permits and licenses is anticipated to be available to the public by Jan. 27, officials said. The ransomware attack on Dec.

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Can South Dakota Move The Needle On A Federal Online Sales Tax?

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This is proving particularly true for more and more cash-strapped states that have spent years staring at soaring traffic for online retailers but little — if any — increases in the taxes reaped from this digital, transcontinental economy. proper to occupy much of the conversation. And South Dakota, for one, has had enough.

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Identity As A Service To The Rescue

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With the two-headed Facebook-Instagram giant now bustling online marketplaces and not just social sharing platforms anymore, stakes are getting higher faster. billion phones with fingerprint scanning that will go to market at the same time, and you’ve got the makings of a serious online security upgrade. Add those to the 4.6

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36 State Attorneys General settle with CarMax over non-disclosure of open safety recalls

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Any vehicles sold online, including through www.carmax.com or the CarMax mobile app, must also clearly and conspicuously disclose on the first page of the overall description of the vehicle or vehicle history report that the vehicle may be subject to an open recall for safety issues that have not been repaired.

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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. Aftershocks from the South Dakota v. To date 43 states and Washington, D.C. Implementation.

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Opening Bets: MGM Deals Foreshadow New Gambling Culture

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Supreme Court struck down state bans on sports betting, MGM Resorts International has signed deals with the NBA and other operations that could mark the first chapter of the country’s new sports and gambling culture. which owns and operates two dozen gambling properties in seven states, including Nevada and Louisiana.

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

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An Illinois bill could aid both by making online marketplaces responsible for tax collection on the third-party sales facilitated through their platforms. Retailers avoided that discord for years by limiting their physical presence to only tax-exempting states, but the 2018 Wayfair ruling changed their operations.

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