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Shopify's latest fintech product looks to demystify sales tax rules that have grown increasingly complex for merchants and rivals like Amazon

Oct 13, 2022 View Original Article
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52% : Amazon -- and other marketplaces like Etsy and Walmart -- are now considered "marketplace facilitators," according to Diane Yetter, founder of the Sales Tax Institute and president of Yetter Tax, a sales tax consulting and education business.
49% : "The world of sales tax has gotten a lot more complicated," Lauren Stinson, a partner and national leader in sales and use tax at Cherry Bekaert, said to Insider.

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