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Where are the COVID-19 Hotspots?

Three states in the US really hetting hit hard.

A CDC document, a daily update on the coronavirus, identifies counties that are “areas of concern,” because cases are “high and still growing.” Five of the top 10 counties on the list are in Florida, four in Texas and one in Louisiana.

Most striking among those top 10 counties is Miami-Dade in Florida, which has had more than 40,000 new cases over the past two weeks, according to the document. The CDC did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Yahoo News about its rankings of hot spots.

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https://news.yahoo.com/nine-of-the-top-10-us-coronavirus-hotspots-are-in-florida-and-texas-165344516.html

Online Sales Tax Collections Start in New States Today

Sales tax collection statutes and regulations that require online retailers to collect sales tax on online orders from residents of 10 states go into effect today, Oct. 1, 2018.

The statutes and regulations, the details of which vary by state, apply to online retailers that do not have a physical presence in the taxing jurisdiction.

Sales tax collection laws applicable to online retail sales go into effect today in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Michigan, North Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin. Similar laws will go into effect in Connecticut and Iowa in the coming months.

In deciding the South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc. case in June, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its previous precedent that required a business to have a physical presence, or nexus, in a state to be subject to local taxes.

32 states have now passed statutes or regulations to require sales tax collection by remote sellers, according to Internet Retailer Magazine and DigitalCommerce360.com, the most-recognized publishing group on e-commerce business intelligence. Internet Retailer and DigitalCommerce360.com explore the online sales tax issue and its impact on online sellers and sales in the October issue of Internet Retailer.

While collection laws are going into effect at the state level, lawsuits challenging states’ moves remain active, and three bills have been introduced in Congress to address the issue. “The roots of the battle over an online sales tax go back decades before the birth of the World Wide Web,” says Zak Stambor, editor of Internet Retailer magazine. “While the Wayfair decision fundamentally alters the playing field, I’m not sure we’re done with the fight over online sales tax.”

Visit Internet Retailer/DigitalCommerce360.com, for deeper coverage of the online sales tax issue.