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When One State’s Tax-Exempt Necessity Is Another’s High-Tax Discretionary Purchase

PYMNTS

Sales taxes empower governments to maintain critical public services, but they can also make medical essentials too expensive for those who need them. Campaigns against taxing obligatory items are spreading across the United States, forcing states to rethink their revenue generation decisions. Sales taxes’ price tags.

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As The Online Tax Man Cometh, Will Smaller Retailers Embrace Marketplaces?

PYMNTS

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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Online Sales Tax’s ‘Pivotal,’ Post-Wayfair 2019 — And What Lies Ahead

PYMNTS

In an interview with PYMNTS, Liz Armbruester, senior vice president of Global Compliance at Avalara , said 2019 represented a watershed year for tax compliance as states embraced the economic nexus model and passed marketplace facilitator laws. Imposing state taxes on out-of-state sellers is now the new normal, she said.

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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

Abrigo

Relationship focus helps CFIs Small banks can leapfrog competitors and better serve their communities by combining their unique advantages with smart management and partnerships. Declining deposits, higher cost of funds, and ever-increasing competition are just a few challenges these executives are managing. The result?

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BEC Attacks Surge As Fraudsters Eye Pandemic Opportunity

PYMNTS

In a statement, Crossland Managing Director Beverly Sunderland said the tactic is “potentially making the company money and so increasing their profits, and the government will pick up 80 percent of the employee’s wage and. could potentially foot a bill of billions in fraudulent furlough wage claims.” ” The U.K.

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The future of workplace flexibility

Independent Banker

By early 2022, of its approximately 1,200 non-branch personnel—including lenders, wealth management and support departments—70% were hybrid, 20% were remote and 10% were fully in the office. has begun surveying its managers to determine that path forward. Adrian Breen, The Bank of Missouri. WesBanco, Inc. billion-asset bank.

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Fintech Fundings: 12 Companies Raise $240 million Week Ending June 25

Fintech Labs Insights

Payments risk & compliance management. Canopy Tax (formerly Beanstalk). Tax & accounting practice management. Louis, Missouri. Online investment manager. Tags: Investing, wealth management, stocks, trading, equities. Source: The Oregonian. HQ: Palo Alto, California. Total raised: $21.5