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

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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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Amazon’s Biggest Campus In The World Opens In India

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The move illustrates Amazon’s aggressive push to expand in the country, despite stiff competition from companies like Walmart, and stringent regulations in the country regarding foreign eCommerce sites. The company’s next headquarters is being built in Arlington, Virginia. The newest campus is on 9.5

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Time Tried, Panic Tested. The Forgotten Story of the First National Bank of Keystone

Jeff For Banks

September 1st, 1999, regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, at the behest of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, descended on a small coal mining town in Keystone, West Virginia. Clearly, blue-suit regulators stood out. All from Keystone, West Virginia. He set the tone for antagonizing regulators.

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What The Streamlined Sales And Use Tax Agreement Means After Wayfair

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Businesses depend on the public services tax revenues pay for: roads that facilitate deliveries, courts where firms resolve legal disputes and regulators that help protect businesses from fraud. Even businesses eager to pay their share, however, may feel that complying with tax laws is complicated. .

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Congrats to Randy and a great management team. Goes to Larry Mazza and the crew at MVB Bank in West Virginia. Simultaneously the bank invested in Paladin Fraud, Trabian Technology, and Chartwell Compliance to provide compliance and risk management solutions in the complex and connected web of fintech partnerships. Has it worked?

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Fizzle Of The Week: The Cannabis Payments Conundrum

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states (and the District of Columbia) where marijuana has been legalized for sale in some capacity, it has thrown off a fairly large chunk of tax revenue in the last year. billion in taxes from legal cannabis companies last year, an amount of money that is undoubtedly a sizzle for the federal coffers.

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The Thinker

Independent Banker

Regulation Review Committee, vice chairman. National Management Association/Grand Lake chapter, treasurer and president. Both the regulators and Congress respect us for what we stand for,” he observes. “So Kelly Pike is a freelance writer in Virginia. Committee, chairman. Congressional Affairs Committee, member.

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