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A ‘Diaper’ By Any Other Tax Code: The Complexities Of Selling Across State Tax Laws

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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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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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Transcript: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton

Barry Ritholtz

So once the rules changed, yeah, so we kept it for a long time. But once the rules started changing, it became difficult around things like seeding new funds. Plus, the rules change every year. I could do my own taxes. JOHNSON: Exactly, the tax… RITHOLTZ: The negative on a mutual fund is phantom taxes.

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Pew Talks Payday Loans

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So, PYMNTS reached out to Pew and the director of its small-dollar loans project, Nick Bourke, to get their perspective on the payday loan problem, as the ecosystem eagerly awaits the coming round of CFPB draft rules on the subject. On average, $430 represents 36 percent of the typical borrower’s paycheck before taxes.

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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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Hey, by the way, here’s the tax consequences. Or even sometimes people just get confused between taxes, and attorneys, and financial planners. ” And then I can just write back another note and say, “No, it sounds like more they’re looking for a tax attorney. Go rebalance this. ” All of that stuff.

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Transcript: Brian Hamburger

Barry Ritholtz

But her understanding of it is, they must know the rules of the game better than others. RITHOLTZ: They know the rules of the road better than others. HAMBURGER: Dealing with some complex issues where we’re going beyond the rules and regulations. There’s a different rule in every state. RITHOLTZ: Right.