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The Strange Spending Trends Around Sales Tax Holidays

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billion , it is still a more valuable run of commerce activity than Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Easter and Valentine’s Day combined — which is why state tax holidays placed at the end of July and beginning of August have become so very popular over the last two decades. How Tax Holidays Work.

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Soupman Files For Bankruptcy Protection

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Bertrand was charged with 20 counts of failing to pay federal income taxes, Medicare and Social Security for the company’s employees between 2010 and 2014. million, and total alleged tax loss to the U.S. Total alleged unreported cash and stock compensation was around $2.86 was about $594,000.

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Intuit Eyes Buying Credit Sesame, NerdWallet And Finicity

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Intuit , the tax software company best known as being the enterprise behind QuickBooks and TurboTax , is looking into acquiring FinTech Finicity , according to reports. The company has a suite of APIs that operate with outfits like Experian and Ellie Mae to help onboard and authenticate customers.

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South Africa Government Losing Billions To Trade Mis-Invoicing

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Analysts estimate the South African government has lost a total of about $37 billion as a result of misinvoicing in its global trade operations. billion every year in what would have been government revenue between 2010 and 2014.

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UK Casual Dining Firm The Restaurant Group Shutters 150 Eateries

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Europe’s The Restaurant Group (TRG), which operates over 650 restaurants and pubs across the country, is closing 150 eateries, Financial Times reported on Tuesday (Sept. million pre-tax loss for the first half of this year. Known for owning Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito, the company is shuttering restaurants following an £87.7

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InComm Buys Amex’s Serve Prepaid Card Tech

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Other products that now fall under InComm’s purview as processor and program manager include business-to-business rewards and tax disbursement cards. . Scott Meyerhoff, the chief operating and financial officer of InComm, told Bloomberg his firm will keep track of balances and subtract funds as cards are used.

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Allied Irish Banks Fined For Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Failures

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AIB said in a statement to Bloomberg that the settlement has to do with issues that happened between July 2010 and July 2014. The bank “fully co-operated with the Central Bank at all stages of this investigation, which has now concluded,” it added.