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How Merchants Navigate Tax Collection Complexity With Technology  

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eCommerce firms are navigating a tax collection environment that increasingly requires technology and automation to ensure compliance. In corporate payments news, Citi is tapping into application programming interface (API) calls to make treasury ops real-time. All this, Today in Data. 659B : Estimated potential value of U.S.

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Amazon (And Others) Brace For India’s New eCommerce Tax

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The jousting over eCommerce taxes — especially for U.S. Last week in India, the government proposed a tax on eCommerce transactions that will likely increase operating costs for sellers large and small. The tax, technically known as “Tax Deducted at Source” (TDS), is sent directly to an account held by the central government.

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NY Creates Cryptocurrency Task Force

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A New York State politician announced the creation of what he called the nation’s first cryptocurrency task force, to “study how to properly regulate, define and use” the currency, according to a Facebook post and reports.

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Top News In Payments: Apple Buys AI Firm For $200M; $500M Debt Rescue Plan Considered For Taxi Drivers

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In today’s top payments news, Apple buys artificial intelligence (AI) firm Xnor for $200 million, a panel in New York City is seeking a $500 million bailout for debt-burdened taxi drivers and Google modifies its search function to make finding and comparing apparel easier. New Data: 75 Pct.

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Cannabis Dispensary SaaS Provider Baker Technologies Raises $3.5M

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Within banking, SolarisBank garnered $28 million, with venture capital provided by Arvato Financial Solutions, among others, which will be taken to expand the European technology platform, furthering geographic reach. Cannabis Dispensary Software-as-a-Service Provider Baker Technologies Raises $3.5M. The same is true for investments.

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New Zealand Makes Open Banking Progress

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The new standards will be available in a few months, with reports noting that Payments NZ is also looking into 365-day service availability, and speeding up payment systems overall. New York-based Signature Bank will offer services to FinTech firms in Bermuda, according to reports last week. In the U.S.,

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Deep Dive: Wayfair’s Complex, Ongoing And Unexpected Effects On Retailers

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Wayfair’s case enabled cities and states to pass economic nexus laws that require out-of-state sellers to collect and remit taxes on local residents’ sales, and it permitted these jurisdictions to implement marketplace facilitator laws necessitating that eCommerce platforms collect and remit taxes on third-party merchants’ sales. .