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Brazilian Retailer Magazine Luiza To Compete With Amazon

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Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza has announced that it will be selling books online, which could be picked up in one of its almost 1,000 stores. After two of the country’s biggest booksellers — Saraiva Livreiros SA and Livraria Cultura — filed for bankruptcy protection last year, Magazine Luiza saw room in the market.

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New Digital Taxes Loom On Tech Firms In Europe

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Amid the continuing drumbeat for taxes on global commerce done through digital means, the Czech government has approved a new seven percent digital tax on global Internet firms which will, as Reuters reports , be levied on revenues tied to Czech users across advertising, digital marketplaces and data sales.

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Crypto Fails To Impress For Corporate Tax Payments

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to allow businesses to pay their corporate taxes in bitcoin. During the first tax season in which crypto payments were an option for Ohio companies, only two businesses in the state actually used cryptocurrency to do so. Yet, when it comes to companies using cryptocurrency for their own payment needs, adoption remains muted.

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UK Election Puts Big Tech Digital Tax On Hold

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have resulted in a delay for legislation that is now in draft form, which would include a provision to tax larger tech firms that derive sales from the region. The bill has proposed a 2 percent tax on revenues for firms as diverse as Facebook and Amazon. As noted by Bloomberg last week, the December elections on deck for the U.K.

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US banks named as being among least ethical UK operators

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A new study scores the best and the worst accounts based on key issues such as climate and tax avoidance Two US banking giants which launched accounts in the UK have been ranked among the “worst” providers by researchers because of their policies on issues such as the climate crisis and weapons. Continue reading.

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Will COVID And Fraud Finally Kill The Paper Check?

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Consider the roughly 200 Rhode Islanders who recently received tax refund checks signed by Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney. Their signatures took the place of Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner and State Controller Peter Keenan ’s John Hancocks, which should have been on the checks. Roughly 10 percent of U.S.

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Wirex Rolls Out Beta Version Of Crypto Business Account

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to allow businesses to pay their corporate taxes in bitcoin. During the first tax season in which crypto payments were an option for Ohio companies, only two businesses in the state actually used cryptocurrency to pay their taxes. Cryptocurrency and business relationships have been slowly becoming more mainstream.

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