PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Sweden is looking to become an epicenter for entrepreneurs and hopes to entice small businesses to set up shop, thanks to tax legislation changes in the country. Reports said legislators are also planning to lessen payroll taxes for small businesses. Reports Tuesday (Sept. billion for extra spend. percent, higher than that of the U.K.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2018

According to the National Retail Federation , as of last year parents entered August with about 45 percent of their back-to-school shopping done. This year 17 states will have sales tax holidays of one form or another — up from 16 last year, but down from the national high of 20 states in 2010. How Tax Holidays Work.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

In other news, in an attack on Indian cryptocurrency exchange BuyUCoin , hacker group ShinyHunters leaked the private information of over 325,000 users, Inc42 reported. The data leaked included names, email addresses, phone numbers, bank account details and tax ID numbers, the report stated.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

For all the johnny-come-latelies who spend the hours before midnight on April 17 scrambling to submit their tax forms, there are millions more Americans who are sitting pretty with their tax refunds already in hand. It’s a peculiar part of tax season. While a National Retail Federation survey found that 65.5

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The poll was conducted by a San Francisco-based advocacy group called Small Business Majority, and its CEO John Arensmeyer has been a proponent of community grants that exist outside of the formal banking system that has controlled government aid up to this point. There is no shortage of other larger scale ideas.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

One of the lessons that was driven home at the recent American Banker Small Business Banking Conference in Nashville was the difference in marketing between large national banks and community banks, particularly deposit marketing. The bank can then record conversions as they market to this test group. There is a reason for this.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

We have a deep dive into spend management in addition to news involving the Sprint and T-Mobile merger, as well as data on state tax laws. . A group of state attorneys is joining together to fight a merger of Sprint and T-Mobile that the United States Justice Department supports.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 7, 2023

Bank ERC Background Bank ERCs is a refundable tax credit available to businesses, including financial institutions, affected by the global pandemic as granted under the CARES Act and modified by the Relief Act. For employers with 500 or fewer employees, all wages paid to employees can be qualified.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

Here’s the latest news from Facebook, Amazon and others, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulators, trade groups and politicians the world over. The services are not currently registered as distinct entities, although they are provided to users in the nation. RILA Joins Trade Groups in Tackling Counterfeit Merchandise.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2017

Tax and accounting compliance can be an overwhelmingly monumental task as companies expand their geographic footprint. In a new report by TMF Group, analysts aimed to understand exactly how compliance demands change in various parts of the world. There are also an “extremely high number” of tax rules.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 21, 2023

ERC gave eligible businesses a refundable tax credit of up to 50% of $10,000 for qualified wages paid per employee. Community banks can now white label this same product to onboard and process employee retention tax credits for the bank’s small business customers AND prospects. In 2020, the U.S.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 17, 2020

FHFA describes PACE transactions as being part of residential energy retrofitting programs that are created through special state legislation and result in the financed part of the transaction resulting in a tax assessment on the home, which is a ‘‘super-priority lien’’ over existing and subsequent first mortgages. (As

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FICO

OCTOBER 26, 2017

This article is from Michael Blicker , a senior consultant in FICO's compliance solutions group. You would think one system would be enough to manage foreign tax compliance. In 2010 the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) started to define the details of FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act). Here’s where the trouble started.

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BankBazaar

JANUARY 15, 2024

This blog navigates the complexities of smart savings, emphasising the power of compound interest, tax-efficient tactics, and the integration of technology to empower people to succeed in safeguarding their financial future. Tax-Efficient Savings: Planning your taxes is a key part of saving money.

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BankBazaar

JANUARY 31, 2020

To this end, the government proposed a slew of changes and incentives among which was a major tax rejig. The FM said that GST has integrated the economy and consolidated multiple taxes. Check out the latest Income Tax slabs for your reference: Income Tax Slabs 2020-21. Tax Changes. Income Tax Calculator 2020.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A group of 96 organizations and individuals, who describe themselves as consisting of “consumer, labor, civil rights, legal services, faith, community and financial organizations and academics,” have sent a letter to the CFPB urging the Bureau to regulate fee-based earned wage access (EWA) products as credit subject to the Truth in Lending Act.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

BlockFi said it was “able to confirm that no funds, passwords, social security numbers, tax identification numbers, passports, licenses, bank account information, nor similar non-public identification information was exposed as a result of this incident.”. Celo also said a Celo Gold auction that was oversubscribed brought in $10 million.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

eCommerce sales tax laws are having unintended consequences in the tobacco industry. These laws were meant to make online sellers face sales tax requirements similar to those for retailers with on-the-ground locations, putting both types of businesses on equal footing. in 2017 had a 52.75

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Earlier this week, Japan ’s cabinet proposed a bill that seeks to, as reported by the country’s national daily, The Mainichi , “improve contract transparency” for deals struck by Big Tech firms — specifically, platform operators — and their smaller vendors. That’s due in part to a sales tax boost that now has been hurting consumer spending.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

Analysts say the financial struggles of small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are challenging the strength of the national economy, adding pressure to a market whose gross domestic product forecast for 2019 was recently cut by Mexico’s central bank. But traditional FIs are beginning to see value in financing small startups, too.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2019

A New York State politician announced the creation of what he called the nation’s first cryptocurrency task force, to “study how to properly regulate, define and use” the currency, according to a Facebook post and reports.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2020

The idea is for the companies to share data so as to spur research, national security and policymaking. compounding on differences over digital taxes and tariffs, Reuters reported. However, this was met with opposition from the U.S.-India It could put more distance between New Delhi and the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

BlockFi said it was “able to confirm that no funds, passwords, social security numbers, tax identification numbers, passports, licenses, bank account information, nor similar non-public identification information was exposed as a result of this incident.”. Celo also said a Celo Gold auction that was oversubscribed brought in $10 million.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

Many companies rely on freelancers more often than assumed, in fact, with 80 percent of firms today using a mix of full-time and contracted employees to fulfill their needs, according to a PYMNTS interview with CEO Mynul Khan of online freelancer matching service Field Nation. How The Pandemic Is Impacting Business Regulations.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The “national fallback” proposal, introduced by economy minister Peter Altmaier on Friday (November 29), would increase the government’s powers to scrutinize and potentially block deals. Germany is planning to temporarily take stakes in high-tech companies in order to stop investors from non-EU countries from acquiring them.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

According to The Next Web , hours after moving all raised funds out of its wallet, the company shut down its website, deleted its social media accounts and kicked all users off its chat group. And Venezuela is trying to lure the world’s oil markets to start using its national cryptocurrency, the petro.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

Part of the reason for the potential slowdown is that taxpayers won’t be getting the boost in take-home pay many got last year, as a new tax law went into effect recently. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), an advocacy group, did a survey of its members. percent, down from 2.9 percent a year ago.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2016

It’s a big litigious party out in South Dakota these days, as the state is suing four eCommerce merchants for their lost sales tax – and different merchants (in a separate suit) are suing right back. Supreme Court precedent that retailers around the nation have relied upon for decades.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

By providing a national servicing platform, the charter would enable those kinds of companies to bypass the process by which they have to collect money transmitter licenses from states. The group, whose acronym is short for “None of Your Business,” contended that Whats App, Netflix and Airbnb did provide a response. Last week, a U.S.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Here stood a group of experienced and passionate community bankers who have dedicated themselves to advocating for the industry they care so deeply about. We must also keep our focus on protecting the 2017 tax cuts and, as always, monitoring and confronting credit union overreach.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The US is at a disadvantage without a national beneficial ownership registry. . This was brought to light by the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers, the history making data leaks which exposed many individuals across the globe as the beneficial owners of tax haven shell companies, including prominent United States citizens.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Mishkin The American Bankers Association, Consumers Bankers Association, Independent Community Bankers of America, National Association of Federal Credit Unions, and Association of Military Banks of America have submitted a 59-page letter commenting on the Department of Defense’s proposed revisions to its Military Loan Act regulations.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2019

The spokesman said the apps were using Nepal ‘s internet connectivity, but the transactions are being made in China and not in the country’s national accounts. They comprise the largest group after Indian tourists, which amounted to 200,000 in 2018. million tourists to Nepal last year, 153,000 were from China.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

With direct marketing hit by robocall abuse and the National Do Not Call Registry , direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands and other not-so-usual suspects are looking into and in some cases reinstating door-to-door sales. We want to ensure taxpayers know their options to get right with their taxes and avoid bigger issues later.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2016

The Obama administration is cracking down on money laundering and tax evasion tactics. Treasury and Justice departments also indicates that the groups would coordinate with local law enforcement in order to track money laundering and corruption activity. Gaps remain in our laws that allow bad actors to deliberately use U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Europe leads on regulation, but regulation is not a means to all ends,” read a letter from the European Tech Alliance (EUTA), a group that represents some of Europe’s largest technology champions and scaleups, including Allegro, Booking.com, Criteo, FacilityLive, King, Meetic, Spotify and Zalando.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 30, 2016

Christian Bolu - Credit Suisse to Goldman Sachs CFO Harvey Scwhartz: "Tax rate was a bit lower in the quarter, just curious how we should think about the go-forward tax rate?" We'll manage taxes from there. Let's see if bankers are heeding Larry's call on their first quarter earnings call. Good luck to you buddy on cell F72."

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