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Guest Post: 2012 Economic Year in Review by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Looking Back at 2012 Every year, I usually write about the past year with mixed feelings, at times nostalgic for those events and at times, glad that the year is over. 2012 brought us highs, lows, and surprises. The dominant theme of 2012 was the Presidential election. per gallon price level rather than the $4.00

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Bond Portfolio Trends: Fourth Quarter 2022

South State Correspondent

Beginning in May 2012, we started tracking portfolio trends of our bond accounting customers here at SouthState|DuncanWilliams. tax-free, 6.5% tax-free, 6.5% The graph below tracks average portfolio tax-equivalent book yield, duration, and unrealized gain/(loss) as a percent of book value. taxable) to 19.6% (13.1%

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3 top tech trends for public accountants to watch in 2017

Abrigo

To be certain, many accountants could make a full-time job out of simply trying to understand the various types of technology that can make their personal lives easier and their practices more profitable and secure. These three trends are: the progress of blockchain technology, the continued shift to the cloud, and advances in automation.

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Examining Bond Portfolio Trends: Second Quarter 2022

South State Correspondent

Beginning in May 2012, we started tracking portfolio trends of our bond accounting customers here at the Correspondent Division of SouthState Bank. tax-free, 4.7% tax-free, 6.0% Prices finally succumbed this year like all fixed income securities and the sector suffered significant price declines in March and April.

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Indictment Names Major Banks In Cum-Ex Case

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A German investigation of Cum-Ex tax deals involves as much as 447.5 Cum-Ex deals, which are no longer allowed, involved taking advantage of a German practice on tax refunds for dividends. When they were in use, an entity paying dividends withheld the tax automatically, but the payment was certified by the shareholder’s bank.

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Danske Scandal Could Involve US Banks

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The agencies probing the alleged incident include the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of the Treasury and the DOJ. He already won a $104 million reward in 2012 for whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld, the man who lifted the lid on tax evasion facilitated by UBS.

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London’s Dirty Little (Money Laundering) Secret

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office were facilitating tax evasion and money laundering. regulators didn’t seem inclined to take any real steps toward looking into the claims about BSI’s role in tax evasion at the time. A former employee at Swiss bank BSI, who worked at the bank’s U.K. But as the FT’s reports showed, U.K.

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