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Subscription CommerceState Taxes Could Cause Spike In Streaming Prices
About 50 percent of U.S. states have already begun taxing residents’ streaming subscriptions to services like Netflix and Hulu, and others are...
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NewsToday In Payments: Alibaba’s Loans For Coronavirus-Affected Firms Near $3B; Japanese Sales Tax Triggers 6 Pct Economic Contraction
In today’s top news, Alibaba has made almost $3 billion in loans available for companies hurt by the coronavirus, and Japan’s recent...
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InternationalJapanese Sales Tax Triggers 6 Pct Economic Contraction
The coronavirus outbreak has pushed Japan to the brink of a recession as tourism slides and spending drops in response to a...
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TaxesAmazon (And Others) Brace For India’s New eCommerce Tax
The jousting over eCommerce taxes — especially for U.S. firms operating on an international scale — is about to get more heated....
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NewsTop News In Payments: Apple Shares Hit Record High; CA Denies Lending License For Sezzle
In today’s top payments news, Apple’s share price hit a record high above $300 on Thursday, “buy now, pay later” company Sezzle...
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TaxesOnline Sales Tax’s ‘Pivotal,’ Post-Wayfair 2019 — And What Lies Ahead
There are certain years (and events) that represent significant shifts in business, where there was a way things were done — until...
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Next-Gen Sales TaxRemote Seller Taxation: A Job For Tax Automation
Aftershocks from the South Dakota v. Wayfair Supreme Court decision continue to rattle online merchants, as three states (California, Louisiana and South Carolina)...
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Today In DataThe State-By-State Complexities Of Sales Tax Compliance
Retailers that want to sell merchandise nationwide must pay attention to how each state’s tax code treats their goods. For example, products considered to...
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Next-Gen Sales TaxWhen One State’s Tax-Exempt Necessity Is Another’s High-Tax Discretionary Purchase
Call it the great Huggies debate. States tax sales of discretionary items like skateboards and exempt medical devices like inhalers — but...
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Next-Gen Sales TaxA ‘Diaper’ By Any Other Tax Code: The Complexities Of Selling Across State Tax Laws
Merchants aiming to sell nationwide must pay attention to how their goods are treated by each state’s tax code. Items considered as...
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TaxesNavigating The ‘Hot Mess’ Of Online Food Delivery Sales Tax
In commerce, when it comes to taxes, new business models beget new (tax) problems. Against that backdrop, tax collection in the nascent...
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eCommerceWhat ‘Patchwork’ eCommerce Taxes Mean For Black Friday – And Beyond
Black Friday looms, as does Cyber Monday, as well as the holiday shopping season that should see a bump and final flurry...
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Next-Gen Sales TaxWhat The Streamlined Sales And Use Tax Agreement Means After Wayfair
Businesses depend on the public services tax revenues pay for: roads that facilitate deliveries, courts where firms resolve legal disputes and regulators...
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Today In DataAs Consumers Embrace eCommerce, Tax Complexity Grows
South Dakota vs. Wayfair was only the beginning. The Supreme Court ruling has started the ball rolling for states and municipalities to...
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Next-Gen Sales TaxWhat Wayfair’s Lawyer Says About The Wayfair v. South Dakota Decision
The 2018 South Dakota v. Wayfair ruling allowed counties, states and municipalities to pass laws to tax out-of-state sellers and the eCommerce...
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Next-Gen Sales TaxDeep Dive: Wayfair’s Complex, Ongoing And Unexpected Effects On Retailers
The 2018 South Dakota v. Wayfair ruling is reshaping the business landscape, forcing companies to consider its long-term effects. Wayfair’s case enabled...
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Next-Gen Sales TaxConfronting Wayfair’s Unanswered Questions
Passing broad sales tax laws is an approach that many legislators are taking to close loopholes, but the policies don’t always play...
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Next-Gen Sales TaxNRF On The Case For Revising eCommerce Sales Tax Laws
The 2018 South Dakota v. Wayfair ruling gave states and cities permission to tax remote sellers and online marketplaces based on their...
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InternationalItaly Sidesteps Sales Tax Hike With Levy On Digital Transactions
Italy is preparing to tax digital companies to help fund its 2020 budget as it seeks different revenue streams to avoid a...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsStripe Adds Tax Compliance To Merchant Services Offer
TaxCloud has announced the launch of a new integration with Stripe. The move means that users of Stripe’s payments platform can now...
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Next-Gen Sales TaxDeep Dive: Anticipating The Post-Brexit eCommerce Tax Landscape
Key international negotiations surrounding Brexit stand to reshape global eCommerce, including the kinds and amounts of taxes that online marketplaces will face....
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Next-Gen Sales TaxEconomic Nexus Laws’ Unexpected Impacts On Restricted Substance Retailers
The eCommerce sales tax laws introduced last year are causing unintended effects on the tobacco industry — making compliance harder. SMBs can’t...
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Next-Gen Sales TaxTrending: Close But No Cigar? What Local Sales Tax Laws Mean For Tobacco eSellers
Countries around the globe are launching new digital sales taxes in efforts to improve their revenue streams and create more balanced business...
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Next-Gen Sales TaxDeep Dive: The Unfolding Legacy Of South Dakota v. Wayfair
Governments rely on tax revenues to fuel the vital services they provide to residents and businesses – from firefighting and public education...
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Next-Gen Sales TaxHow Sales Tax Complexities Shape eCommerce, Sellers’ Business Decisions
States now operate without federal guidance over taxing out-of-state merchants for online sales — so each is making its own rules. That...
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RetailHow Online Sales Tax Impacts Different eCommerce Models
Since 1992, when eCommerce was still in its infancy, online retailers have not had to collect sales tax. That all changed last...
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NewsTop News In Payments: Innovators Make The Visible, Invisible; EU Leaders Plan Data Use, AI Laws
Today in the payments news roundup, transformative innovations in payments and commerce are making the visible, invisible. Also, incoming European Union (EU)...
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Next-Gen Sales TaxReport: The Risky Business Of Navigating Online Sales Tax For Merchants
Consumers are flocking to eCommerce, and more than 230 million U.S. consumers are expected to be shopping online by 2021. Merchants are...
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eCommerceTrending: Merchants Struggle With The (Un)Certainty Of eCommerce Sales Taxes
They say that death and taxes are the only certainties in life. A recent Supreme Court ruling makes eCommerce taxes a certainty...
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AmazonPresident Trump Launches Fresh Round Of Attacks On Amazon
President Donald Trump is once again outraged at Amazon, and is once again complaining that the eCommerce giant is using the U.S....
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AmazonFresh Opening For eBay Comes Amid Amazon Woes
Thanks to Amazon and sales tax, eBay is reportedly enjoying a fresh opening in Australia. Amazon launched a local website in that...
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Sizzle/FizzleTwo-Sided Markets Sizzle, Swipe Fees Fizzle And Exactis Leaks A Lot Of Data
Fizzle of the Week: Exactis “Records are made to be broken.” That famous quote has been assigned, in some variation, to Richard...
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LegalUS Supreme Court Gives The Green Light For Online Sales Taxes
States can collect sales taxes from online retailers thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday (June 21) that addressed one...
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AmazonAmazon To Block Australian Shoppers From US Site
In a move that will send traffic to its Australian website, Amazon said it will make Australians use its Australia site instead...
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RegulationOnline Tax Bill Draws Retailer Support
After some years of fighting any and all attempts on taxation, digital merchants seem to have made their peace with paying taxes...
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AmazonIs Sales Tax An Anchor On Amazon?
One of the more long-grumbled complaints in retail is that Amazon and other eCommerce players are able to exploit a loophole that allowed...
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RegulationSouth Dakota Sues Wayfair, NewEgg, Overstock And Systemax Over Lost eCommerce Revenue
It’s a big litigious party out in South Dakota these days, as the state is suing four eCommerce merchants for their lost...
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New Jersey Wants To Tax Bitcoin Transactions
In New Jersey, if you accept bitcoin as a retailer, you must collect sales tax — twice. That’s the word from the...
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NewsThe Next Payments Disruption
Sales tax is a minor annoyance to most consumers who have to remember to do the mental math when calculating the...
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TaxJar Goes Local with Square
Already integrated with Square, online sales tax filing service TaxJar has sweetened the deal by allowing for automatic adjustment of sales tax...
