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JANUARY 7, 2021

South Korea will begin taxing crypto benefits 20 percent, from both buying and selling, beginning in 2023, according to a report from Asia Today. million won (about $2,200) from digital assets will be hit with the 20 percent tax. The report stated the tax announcements were made Wednesday (Jan.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

Turkish prosecutors have issued a detention warrant for Turkish businessman Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, who has ties to Utah business executives who recently pleaded guilty to a $511 million tax credit scheme in the U.S., The Kingstons pleaded guilty in the tax credit scheme in the U.S., the Associated Press (AP) reported.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

-based internet companies, announcing Wednesday (March 6) the introduction of a digital tax that will impact companies including Google, Facebook, and Amazon. According to a report in CNBC , France’s finance minister announced the 3 percent tax, saying it will apply to about 30 big companies, mainly from the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Merchants aiming to sell nationwide must pay attention to how their goods are treated by each state’s tax code. Items considered as exempt medical necessities in some states may be taxed at high rates in others, and businesses cannot afford to be caught by surprise. Around The Next-Gen Sales Tax Wor ld.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

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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TheGuardian

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves unveils raft of measures at business summit aimed at boosting investment, productivity and certainty Labour will not raise corporation tax above its current rate of 25% during the next parliament, the party has pledged, in an attempt to offer businesses greater certainty. Continue reading.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

And when it comes to rewarding employees with a holiday or other work anniversary reward, the last thing businesses need is to have their generosity become a tax headache. However, he added, the tax implications should not exceed the cost and purpose of the present. Awesome … My Fourth Water Bottle. Shortcuts and Backfires.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Australia are being reminded by the country’s tax office that owing money to the agency is not OK, Broker News reported Friday (Feb. 13) that SMBs will soon face new risks for holding off on tax payments and using the Australia Tax Office (ATO) “as a bank.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

The federal tax filing deadline in 2020 has been waived in the wake of coronavirus disruptions. But come coronavirus or the Martian measles, taxes will be filed, and refunds issued. But come coronavirus or the Martian measles, taxes will be filed, and refunds issued. It’s About More Than Taxes. It’s unprecedented.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The Department of Justice is requiring Credit Karma to divest its tax business to Square as part of Intuit’s $7.1 25), Intuit and Credit Karma said they had received clearance from the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the merger, and had agreed for Credit Karma to sell its tax business to Square. On Wednesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

Seattle’s City Council passed a new tax for big businesses operating in the city, including Amazon , according to CNBC. The tax, called the JumpStart Seattle Tax, will target businesses with at least $7 million in annual revenue. Those businesses will be taxed 0.7 Those businesses will be taxed 0.7

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

The joys of tax season: complex paperwork, long wait times and check disbursements. Many United States consumers are still reliant on paper checks when it comes to receiving their tax refunds, which represents the largest sum of money many of them will receive at one point during the fiscal year.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

The Southeast Asian country’s national tax office announced it will impose a 10 percent value-added tax (VAT) on foreign global technology companies as the nation looks for ways to defray the costs of battling the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Reuters reported. The country’s total budget for 2020 is $177.6

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Supreme Court ruling has started the ball rolling for states and municipalities to tax eCommerce – specifically, out-of-state firms and online marketplaces. But there have already been disputes making their way through the courts, as detailed in the latest Next-Gen Sales Tax Tracker.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon is planning to hike fees for Spanish companies using its platform by 3 percent from April, according to a Reuters report, since the country's government imposed a new digital tax. A spokesperson for Amazon said the so-called " Google tax" would end up hitting users. Spain began charging the fee on Jan.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

France will postpone payment requirements on its newly levied digital services tax aimed at large tech companies like Facebook and Google due to a dispute with the U.S. The payments were due in April, and Washington took issue with the tax, which it said is unfair and discriminatory toward the U.S. .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Amazon and Flipkart are pushing back against a proposed Indian tax on the online eCommerce market, saying it will stymie growth in the industry, according to a report by Reuters. . The tax would be 1 percent on every sale made by a seller on the eCommerce platforms, and it would take effect in April if approved by the country’s parliament.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

It’s the end of a short holiday workweek, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. We have a deep dive into spend management in addition to news involving the Sprint and T-Mobile merger, as well as data on state tax laws. . As is now old news, a Dec.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Italy has announced that it’s going to follow in France’s footsteps and tax big tech companies, a move that threatens to further complicate relations with the United States over the issue, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. France recently announced a similar move, and the new Italy tax will take effect on Jan.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Governments around the world are setting their sights on putting a variety of digital taxes on Big Tech giants. France has long been angling to levy digital taxes, although such moves have become a bone of contention with the United States and have faced significant delays. billion of French goods. billion of French goods. Indonesia .

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Business information firm Thomson Reuters is teaming up with global tax company KPMG to offer Australia businesses a solution to deal with fringe benefits taxes (FBT), Thomson Reuters announced Thursday (Feb. The ONESOURCE FBT software automates the tax calculations necessary to file an FBT return. “Our

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Here’s the latest news from the technology industry, which is coming under increasing global scrutiny from governments and consumers. . Amazon Plans to Raise Fees for Companies in Wake of New Digital Tax in Spain . Google Raises Specter of Making Search Inaccessible in Australia.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is warning small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that if they don’t pay their taxes on time, they could face consequences like a reduction in credit rating, Mozo reported on Wednesday (Feb. percent of respondents said meeting tax payments promptly would create cash flow issues in their business.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

To get a better handle on crypto – and to boost government coffers, perhaps – change the tax designation (and rules, of course). Under rules governing “other income,” a 20 percent rate is levied on 40 percent of total other income; the remaining 60 percent can be tax-deductible. Tax Policy Still Fluid.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2019

With a 3 percent digital tax passed by the French government, Amazon is hiking seller fees for small and medium-sized businesses in France beginning in the fall. The eCommerce company cited the tax as the reason for the increase, CNBC reported. The tax was reportedly to apply to approximately 30 major companies, mainly from the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Indonesia has announced it’s going to reduce the threshold for taxing imported eCommerce consumer goods from $75 to $3, to help control the purchases of cheap foreign goods and help protect smaller Indonesian firms, according to a report by Reuters. They’ll be taxed at a rate of 32.5 million last year and 6.1 percent to 37.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

As the saying goes, nothing in life is certain but death and taxes. To be certain of taxes, will blockchain seal the deal? Last week, Thailand’s Revenue Department was reported to be bringing blockchain projects into the fold to track tax payments, aided by machine learning.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

news publishers, including The New York Times , The Washington Post , NPR , ESPN , Bloomberg and others, have now joined the Coalition for App Fairness , according to a report from 9to5Mac , with the intent to protest the “ Apple tax.”.

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TheGuardian

AUGUST 8, 2023

Proceeds from levy on interest rate income will be used to help mortgage holders and cut taxes Business live – latest updates Italy has approved a 40% windfall tax on banks and will use proceeds to help mortgage holders and cut taxes, the deputy prime minister said, in a move that sent banking shares plunging.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

The Australian government is preparing a strategy to combat tax dodging among small businesses amounting to an estimated $11 billion in missing tax payments, News.com.au billion small business “tax gap” — the difference between income tax collected and what small businesses actually owed. reported Monday (Aug.

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MARCH 13, 2020

Tax season frustrations can blossom into real financial problems, especially when refunds are paper checks sent through postal mail. tax code changes passed in 2017 did not soothe these frictions, either, as they shifted income brackets and altered rates, affecting consumers’ refunds and earnings.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

Today (July 15) is Tax Day , and despite it coming three months later than normal due to COVID-19, several million Americans will be scrambling to get their returns (or at least their applications for extensions) out the door by midnight. Olson thinks the IRS might need 18 months to work through all of that paper, delaying some tax refunds.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

In other news, U.S. Ted Budd (NC) has reintroduced the Virtual Value Tax Fix Act, Coindesk reported. Budd noted prior to an introduction of the bill earlier in the summer that the code puts a 40 percent tax rate on transactions. Tom Emmer (MN) reintroduced the Safe Harbor for Tax Payers with Forked Assets Act of 2019 in July.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Isaacson, a lawyer, Bowdoin College professor, senior partner at Brann & Isaacson and Data & Marketing Association tax counsel, argued Wayfair’s side in the precedent-setting Supreme Court case that has small businesses struggling. is the only country that has such a complex consumption tax system.” .

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MARCH 15, 2019

With the first tax season post-tax reform nearing completion in the U.S., Ongoing regulatory changes and persistent uncertainty mean that that importance will continue even outside of tax season, with challenges that even the most automated of accounting software solutions cannot always tackle. Tackling Tax.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Here’s the latest news from Amazon and the technology industry, which is coming under increasing scrutiny from regulatory watchdogs, trade organizations and politicians globally. OECD’s Tax Reform To Be Presented To G20. The OECD forecasted that the measures could bring in a further $100 billion in business tax revenues each year. .

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Ohio is leading the charge in terms of accepting bitcoin as a payment method, as it is the first state to accept bitcoin to cover tax bills. The state will eventually open it up to individual tax filers as well. Jerry Brito, director of Coin Center, a Washington, D.C.-based

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