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Welcome To The Amazon: Leading Online Retail From Local Tax Avoidance Into Your Backyard, Sherry Tehrani
Welcome To The Amazon: Leading Online Retail From Local Tax Avoidance Into Your Backyard, Sherry Tehrani
Sherry Tehrani
Online sales in the United States have increased by over 250 percent in the last ten years, reaching over 250 billion dollars in 2012.[1] Spearheaded by Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”), online retailers have fed off their competitive advantage of avoiding local sales tax, and have grown to capture roughly 7 percent of the retail market.[2] The juxtaposition of this upsurge of untaxed online sales and our nationwide recession has prompted state governments with crushing deficits to take on the tax loophole.
Local governments across the U.S. have passed legislation to enforce online sales tax collection, referred to as “Amazon …
No Longer The Sleeping Dog, The Fcpa Is Awake And Ready To Bite: Analysis Of The Increased Fcpa Enforcements, The Implications, And Recommendations For Reform, Rouzhna Nayeri
Rouzhna Nayeri
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Knowledge & Innovation In Africa: Scenarios For The Future, Jeremy De Beer, Shirin Elahi, Dick Kawooya, Chidi Oguamanam, Nagla Rizk
Knowledge & Innovation In Africa: Scenarios For The Future, Jeremy De Beer, Shirin Elahi, Dick Kawooya, Chidi Oguamanam, Nagla Rizk
Jeremy de Beer
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