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Guest blog post: Protecting yourself online

Abrigo

Sageworks asked Don West, a member of the AICPA''s Information Management and Technology Assurance Section''s CITP Credential Committee the best ways to protect one''s self and business online. --. Do you like getting bombarded with online ads and email obviously based on your recent surfing habits? Do you bank online?

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Apple To Shutter Houston Stores Again

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Apple closed shops again in North Carolina, Florida, Arizona and South Carolina last week for like rationale, and has reportedly re-shuttered a total of 18 retail locations across the U.S. “We It is reportedly keeping an eye on the virus situation throughout different regions to ensure that it is safe to operate its stores.

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US Supreme Court Gives The Green Light For Online Sales Taxes

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States can collect sales taxes from online retailers thanks to a U.S. Since the dawn of online retailing, the Quill ruling has allowed eCommerce firms to skip collecting a state’s sales tax if it shipped products to a state where it doesn’t have an office, warehouse or other physical presence. retail sales.

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Can Sam’s Club Use Mobile Payments To Get Rid Of The Checkout Line?

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Now operational in a new Sam’s location in Columbia, South Carolina, the new mobile payment option allow a Sam’s customer to scan UPC codes on items directly into their phone’s Scan & Go app. BJ’s and Costco both offer curbside pickup and online delivery.

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Remote Seller Taxation: A Job For Tax Automation

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

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

CFPB Monitor

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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Nordstrom Tempts Millennials With Snapchat Presence

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“Improving engagement” has become just another platitude in retailers’ back pockets as they figure out which channel of the increasingly fragmented online world they should focus on, but Nordstrom may have struck gold with a new Snapchat-centered production.