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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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The Beauty Of Being Brandless

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It was an insight that pushed Brandless CEO and Co-founder Tina Sharkey to rethink an online commerce offering in a very fundamental way, by eliminating what she calls the “ brand tax.” But Sharkey said she doesn’t see Amazon as a direct competitor. We’re a highly curated collection.”.

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Removing ‘Sticker Shock’ From Cross-Border Shipping?

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Add unexpected customs and tax charges after a purchase on top off that, and both parties are in for a rude awakening. Customers are likely to walk away from merchants after learning that the calculations of relevant taxes and customs were not included in the final bill.

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Transcript: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton

Barry Ritholtz

Should you add more to marketing or in collections, right? I could do my own taxes. JOHNSON: Exactly, the tax… RITHOLTZ: The negative on a mutual fund is phantom taxes. Last year, you purchased O’Shaughnessy Investments, including their direct indexing product called Canvas. JOHNSON: Just do it.

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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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The Difference Makers: Key Person(s) Valuation

Musings on Markets

From Alfred Sloan at General Motors to Jack Welch at General Electric to Steve Jobs at Apple, there is a history of CEOs being tagged as superstars (and indispensable to the organizations that they head), in successful companies.

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How To Accelerate Client Growth As An Advice-Only Firm

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Those are the people coordinating the collection of data for us. Hey, by the way, here’s the tax consequences. Or even sometimes people just get confused between taxes, and attorneys, and financial planners. Never miss a Financial Advisor Success podcast episode! Check out our FAS resource page ! Go rebalance this.

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