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Deep Dive: How Firms Can Avoid Costly Mistakes Come Tax Season

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businesses are likely already feeling tax season’s pressures. Filing is exhausting and complicated for individuals, and businesses experience those tax difficulties to a far greater degree. SMBs need to remain compliant with increasingly complex financial regulations. SMBs And Manual Tax Frustrations.

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Europe Ramps Up eInvoice Efforts

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Latin America is the world’s leader in government electronic invoice mandates, as jurisdictions there address issues like invoice fraud and a lack of transparency in government procurement — efforts that proponents of these mandates say can positively influence the private sector.

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Data Dive, Fall Chill Edition: Fraudsters, Sears And India’s Data Privacy Laws

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The report excluded data on shop-at-home purchases and includes information about frauds reportedly directly to the FTC between January and September of this year. That is up from just 7 percent in 2015 — a 270 percent increase. As of September 2018, losses from gift-card fraud have hit $53 million. Some major U.S.

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EU Probe: Danske Ignored Russia’s Money Laundering Warnings

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Danske Bank admitted that 200 billion euros went through its Estonian branch between 2007 and 2015, and the document shows that Russian Central Bank employees warned about money laundering risks and tax evasion schemes. Sven Giegold, an EU lawmaker, said that legal actions against Denmark and Estonia should be initiated.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

Below, we take a look at some of these frauds and the lessons they can teach entrepreneurs hoping to launch their own products, companies, and funds. Zenefits skirts compliance regulations. Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. Virgin Hyperloop One’s utopian vision derailed by fraud. And others disappear forever.

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FinCEN announces $8 Million BSA Enforcement Action: The Resurrection of AML Penalties

Abrigo

Millions of dollars in suspicious activity were not reported to FinCEN in a timely or accurate manner, including those connected to tax evasion, illegal gambling, money laundering, and other financial crimes. . If your CDD program is not intact, now is the time to tighten things up and watch for new regulations. Be Prepared.

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How will new regulations affect China’s online payments market?

Banking 2020

China has introduced new draft rules that are intended to tighten regulations governing online payments in the country. Until now, this sector has been subject to very little legislation, but there have been claims that this hands-off approach has helped facilitate problems such as fraud and money laundering.